1. Why was Columbus reluctant to tell his men the distance they had traveled?

they had traveled a smaller distance then they were supposed to but Christopher still found recourses and wanted to settle.

Explanation:

montesquieu took the view that the roman republic had powers separated so that no one could usurp complete power. in the british constitutional system, montesquieu discerned a separation of powers among the monarch, parliament, and the courts of law.

answer-the island had airfields that the u.s. military needed.