What is the best reason why early settlements were near waterways

"trade"

Explanation:

most trade was done using water they didn't yet have the railroad so they used boats to trade over seas it helped when trading  with different  country's  

though africans landed with few possessions, they carried their cultures, skills, and spiritual worldviews into the americas. wherever african religions took root in the new world, africans and their descendants changed and adapted their belief systems to local circumstances and influences. individual circumstances created variations in the way people practiced their faiths, what they believed, and what significance it held for their lives.

explanation:

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the answer is c.

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