What is the significance of the trade route to India from the West founded by Vasco de Gama?

His discovery of this sea route helped the Portuguese establish a long-lasting colonial empire in Asia and Africa.

d. it adversely affected american productivity

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.