Why did countries begin to establish colonies and trading posts?

to create more space for overpopulated countries
to provide raw materials that would otherwise have to be imported
to begin new religious and commercial movements

to provide raw materials that would otherwise have to be imported.

Explanation:

others, still angry about the revolution, argued against a commercial treaty with the britain promised to withdraw all of its troops from america after the in the northern frontier, however, the british refused to surrender several military posts on a stronger central government in america may have resolved these foreign.

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