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Answer: Americans who lived through the 1960s and 1970s remember the fear associated with a real surge in violent crime. In fact, the violent crime rate increased by 126 percent between 1960 and 1970, and by 64 percent between 1970 and 1980. That increase was already in the pipeline due to increased drug use. Young people commit more crime and demographically there was an explosion with the baby boomers reaching their teenage and adult years for the first time. So, a large population of young people likely led to significant increases.
Explanation:
Benjamin Franklin is one.
After the 13 colonies beat Britain in the Revolutionary war, the new country was looking for trading opportunities and build a domestic manufacturing base.
China had opened up to Western Powers and the US saw it as a big country to sell their own goods.
There was a huge local population but the local Chinese were not really interested in US or European products as a whole.
However, the United States did find niche markets for several products including Fur, to be sold in Northern China which gets really cold. The Americans were also able to find a market for sandalwood, which was popularly used to make Chinese Furniture.
The Americans were also able to sell the Ginseng Plant, which to date, is widely used in China as a cure for illnesses.