Why did European countries need raw materials from the Americas?

In which ways did the meiji restoration modernize japanese government and society

Where did benjamin franklin travel to to seek aid for the colonists during the revolutionary war

Did the spanish settlers and missions have a positive effect on world history? why, what did they do that was positive? why was the treaty of paris (1763) good for the world/world history? did the plymouth colony have a positive effect on world history? why, what did they do that was positive?