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People solved the plans before they could fight or had an opportunity to do so, which was glorious
I believe this policy is good, because if the government were to support a particular church, they would have to support all churches to insure religious equality, upon which the country was founded.
B. It involved exchanges with traders from China and Southwest Asia. So they aimed to control the trading routes rather than having subjects.