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List three reasons why explorers began to explore new, and old areas. [[ps: doesn't explicitly say where. i think it's more in general.

During its history, france has been a kingdom, an empire, a colonial power and a republic. true or false

The 1884 amendment added onto the chinese exclusion act included what additional stipulation? the law would apply to ethnic chinese regardless of which asian country they originated from. the law would provide newly arrived chinese immigrants with land in the oklahoma territory. the law would establish all chinese americans as permanent aliens and deny them citizenship. the law would prohibit chinese immigrants from reentering the united states once they exited.