Triple

Target class: early modern European concept of overseas territories
Context triple: [Atlantic Ocean and lands westward toward the Indies, instanceOf, early modern European concept of overseas territories]

• A. early modern polity
  An early modern polity is a territorially bounded, politically organized community between roughly 1500 and 1800 that exercised authority through evolving institutions of governance, law, and sovereignty amid processes of state formation and imperial expansion.
• B. colonialism
  Colonialism is a system of domination in which a powerful state extends control over foreign territories and peoples, exploiting their resources, labor, and cultures for economic and political gain.
• C. early modern state
  An early modern state is a centralized political entity that emerged in Europe between the 15th and 18th centuries, characterized by growing bureaucratic administration, territorial sovereignty, standing armies, and increasingly standardized systems of law and taxation.
• D. colonial empire chosen
  A colonial empire is a political and economic system in which a dominant state controls and exploits distant territories and their populations, typically through settlement, resource extraction, and imposed governance.
• E. colonial order
  A colonial order is a hierarchical system of political, economic, and cultural domination in which an external power controls and structures the institutions, resources, and social relations of a colonized territory to serve imperial interests.
• F. None of above.