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These acts followed after the boston tea party
That they, the Christians, caused the fire to burn a large part of the Roman Empire down.
There is a number of ways that Portugal and other European nations tried to challenge Spanish power:
1. illegal trade with Spanish colonies - given that Spain forbade any nation to trade with their colonies in the Americas, they had to do it illegally, without Spanish knowledge. Smugglers had a special role in this given that they did most of the work
2. pirates - these nations tried to do everything in their power to diminish the authority Spain had in the Americas. This is why they resorted to privateers - that is just a fancy name for pirates who preyed on Spanish ships in order to steal their treasure
In WW1 Japan was a growing empire trying to take more land and get more resources to become a world power. Imperialism is the main reason they entered WW1.