Which of the following is true about european ambitions in the americas after 1600?
the dutch pursued valuable precious metals, while the english sought to profit from the slave trade.
the english wanted to have a base for trade with the spanish, dutch, and french in the new world.
the spanish primarily mined for commodities like gold, while the english wanted to establish colonies based on agriculture.
the french sought to establish bases for piracy, while the spanish wanted to collect valuable minerals for sale back in europe.

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the answer to fill in the blank in this question would be the word resource, it is defined as the money, material or people (since human resource is a very valuable good) that a company or a person has at disposition (meaning they can use the resource as they see fit), to be able to complete a task or achieve a goal.  

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