Who was the Marquis de Lafayette? a young officer on Washington's staff who captured a British fort during the Battle of Yorktown a former Prussian captain who turned a disorderly group of American recruits into skilled soldiers the Frenchman who became a general on Washington's staff and his lifelong friend the commander of British troops in the South who lost the Battle of Yorktown

false the first governing document in the us history was the articles of federation

superior technology and improved medical knowledge to foster imperialism. quinine enabled europeans

to survive tropical diseases and venture into the mosquito-infested interiors of africa and asia. the combination

of the steamboat and the telegraph enabled the western powers to increase their mobility and to quickly respond

to any situations that threatened their dominance. the rapid-fire machine gun also gave them a military advantage

and was in convincing africans and asians to accept western control. the following table summarizes the

causes of the new imperialism:

causes of new imperialism

economic military/political humanitarian/religious technological

need for markets need for military bases white man’s burden new medicine

raw materials national security spread of christianity new weapons

source of investments source of

pride—nationalism

social darwinism

(superiority of western

society)

transportation

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the correct answer is buddhist practice and government structure