\which empire focused on building the most successful merchant fleet and private companies to maximize trade instead of conquering large amounts of land ? (they did however build some settler colonies, new amsterdam being the most famous) question 5 options: english spanish dutch french

The Dutch empire focused on building the most successful merchant fleet and private companies to maximize trade instead of conquering large amounts of land.

The Dutch build a settler colony called New Amsterdam (New York in modern times) with great ethnic and linguistic diversity and this diversity still prevails.

for the united states of america, 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. it was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist united states and its allies politically opposed the soviet union and other communist countries; the cold war had begun.

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im not sure its either a leader of a group of congresspeople or a person from a congressmans district

sorry im not sure