When the French first explored the St. Lawrence River in the sixteenth century, what were they looking for?
a. Northwest passage to Chinese markets.
b. Access to fur trade.
c. Gold mines.
d. A new colony.
e. Opportunities against the Spanish.
a
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a. visiting Western factories and hiring Western experts. b. massive private rather than government investment in transportation, communications, and heavy industry. c. encouraging a value system that emphasized individualism rather than cooperation and paternalism. d. exploiting the antagonistic relationship between the government and powerful families. e. adopting samurai values of honor and extreme competition.
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