Which of the following is not a reason why Europeans had developed an interest in exploring and colonizing new lands?

a. Merchants were interested in increasing their profits from trade by cutting out Middle Eastern intermediaries in the trade with Asia.

b. Better designed ships and more advanced sailing instruments made it safer to venture farther from land.

c. The monarchies of the new nation states were interested in increasing their wealth and power through territorial acquisitions.

d. Europeans were looking for new markets for the slave trade.

e. Religious dissenters thought that they would be able to escape persecution by emigrating to a colony.

The correct answer is D. While slavery was not unknown to Europeans, the impetus to enlarge the slave trade came after Europeans had explored parts of the Americas and established settlements. The slave trade was not a motive for exploration and colonization.

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