They removed existing rulers from the conquered lands to ensure they had direct control of their enemies' trade routes. They forced all the people they conquered to trade directly with them, increasing their wealth from the sale of additional goods. They took all conquered people as prisoners and forced them to work as slaves on public works projects. The tribute demanded from conquered peoples provided warriors for defense, as well as food and resources for their own people.
Answer: A is correct, I believe.
Explanation:
They wanted to prevent imperialism so the first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe.
Miserable,disease,sickness,stalemates.Because no one could get anywhere
Answer:
The costs of passing a bill that prohibits child labor is precisely that all the labor that children could have provided for the economy is forgone. So in pure economic terms, there is a loss of value, a sunk cost.
However, the benefit is both economic, and social. The economic benefit is that children will instead go to school, and educate themselves to become more productive workers in the future. And the social benefit is a fairer society, and wealthier too.
