Why was russia struggling to modernize at the end of the nineteenth century russia refused to abolish serfdom and its agricultural past revolutionaries were trying to overthrow the tsar russias leaders and nobility has resisted social change european nations refused to finance russias industrialization

1)which is the following was characteristic of the british colonies but not the french or spanish religion a. presence of slavery b. religion conversion c. smuggling and piracy d. strict racial hierarchy 2)how did the columbia exchange affect europe? a diseases from the new world decimated the population of the european continent b new crops introduced to europe generated further interest in the new world c enslavement of american indians in europe changed cultural attitudes toward slavery d the items produced by american indians become objects of competition in europe