:) in the 15th century, italy was a collection of competing small kingdoms and city-states. what economic & political advantages contributed to the rise of the italian city-states? explain you! : )

Which statement best summarizes the colonial system belgium created in the congo free state? o a. belgians relied on threats and brutal violence to force natives to work on rubber plantations, o b. belgians encouraged mass immigration from europe to force natives from their lands. o c. belgians improve local economies but stripped natives of their political rights. d. belgians offered natives political equality only if they gave up their traditional beliefs