Pls help i will mark you the brainlest Why did European nations form alliances in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

Question 28 options:

to build large empires

to keep peace on the continent

to increase their wealth

to start wars

Montezuma was taken prisoner by the spanish and held captive for months while the spanish ransacked the city of tenochtitlan. what was the fate of montezuma? a he escaped only to be cut down in battle.b he reasoned with the spanish and got them to leave the city.c he died of old age while in the custody of cortes.d he was struck with stones trying to plead for peace with his people and it is reported he died a few days later.