Which of the following best supports the general argument in the excerpt about how
economic and military competition between
European powers influenced New World
exploration?
Choose 1
the popularity in Europe of novels
romanticizing voyages to the Far East
the reliance of European nations upon private
companies to lead exploration efforts
the increase in piracy as other European
powers tried to capture Spanish treasure ships
the development of a system of plantation
O agriculture that depended on enslaved
laborers