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In the late 1600s, what did the United States do to ensure access to the lucrative Mediterranean Sea trade?

a. It made large annual payments to the Barbary States of North Africa.

b. It sent war ships to the region and threatened nations that refused to trade with the United States.

c. It paid substantial import and export duties to Italy.

d. It signed a free-trade agreement with the Barbary States of North Africa.