German merchants formed the Hanseatic League in response to
A) a power vacuum following the death of Frederick II.
B) Portuguese discovery of a water route to the Orient.
C) Ottoman annexation of the Baltic states.
D) the oppressive power of the German monarchy.
E) Pope Gregory X's interference in German politics.
Answer: A
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