Yes, at least, the colonists considered it so. It made it very difficult and expensive for all colonists to get goods.
Cocoa beans were their form of money. They were what's called "bartering", or "trading".
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Because there were too many Chinese come to america for build railroad and want to be american citizen
A. Inhabited territories have a permanent population, & uninhabited territories don’t.