Those agencies could not carry out their mission of enforcing regulations
B. To appease something is to try and make better or to subordinate, the opposite of appease is to provoke, or instigate.
Trade and tea and castles
In the days before World War II, all three countries were colonies/territories of other countries.
The Philippines was an American Territory.
Vietnam was a French Colony.
India was a British Colony.
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