Explain 2 benefits European countries received by having colonies in the New World

The reason European countries wanted more colonies was that colonies helped countries accumulate wealth and power. By colonizing, European countries could import valuable resources from territories rich in raw materials, and they could gain a wider export market for the manufactured goods they produced from those materials. Having more land also gave a country more global power and allowed them to establish strategic military positions across the world.

1. darius the great     persia  

2. piankhi       nubia

3. ezana       aksum

4.     nebuchadnezzar     babylonia

5. shalmaneser iii     assyria

the main concern with the first draft of the articles of confederation was too much power in the state governments.