"we have contributed remarkable achievements, inventions, and innovations to the world over thousands of years. we have no reason to imitate foreigners" whose viewpoint in the late 1800s is most clearly expressed in this statement?
a. the chinese government
b. the u. s government
c. the japanese government
d. the british government

The correct answer is D) The British government.

Explanation:

This is a supremacist statement to justify British imperialist expansion and whose full context is the following "Ours is a superior civilization. Our laws, our industry, our values, and our religion have been a gift to the world for centuries."

indigenous people north and south were displaced, died of disease, and were killed by europeans through slavery, rxpe, and war. in 1491, about 145 million people lived in the western hemisphere. by 1691, the population of indigenous americans had declined by 90-95 percent, or by around 130 million people."

president jefferson protested this interference in american trade. he sent james monroe to london to negotiate a treaty. jefferson wanted britain to stop taking sailors from american ships, and to stop interfering in the trade of neutral nations. monroe tried many times to discuss such an agreement. but the british foreign minister was always too busy to see him.

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