The populist party's motive was to protect American industries by implementing higher tariffs. It was organized in 1892 in St. Louis, where common folks, especially farmers represented its platform against the interests of bigger companies to their limited industries. James K. Weaver was the president of the Populist Party.
The cartazes system was created in 1502 to control and enforce the Portuguese trade monopoly over a wide area in the Indian Ocean. It granted merchant ships protection against pirates and rival states.
