Why were the early middle ages a dark ages

Because it refers to the period of time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance and the Age of Discovery.

what are local authorities doing to fix the problem

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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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