They wanted to control all of the silver from the Americas, and that was the only way Europe was able to trade with China, which didn’t need any other goods from Europe
If the citizens were not required, no one may want to. On jury, you may have a case that may take a long time and you may end up sentencing someone to death. It is likely if citizens were not required that no one would want to volunteer.
He was the one who created it
