One of the most significant stimuli for European expansion into Southeast Asia in the seventeenth century was
a. religious minorities trying to escape Protestant or Catholic persecution in Europe during the Thirty Years War.
b. joint-stock trade companies.
c. missionary work by Jesuits to stem the spread of Islam.
d. the increased value of cotton due to the Industrial Revolution.
e. European addiction to coffee.
ANSWER:
b
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