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One way the could is by forcing trade deals with other weaker countries.
These trade deals where sometimes about having access to a countries resources or just about having access to an important ones like oil.
These deals where unfair to the nation they are getting forced on.
Example - The USA forcing Japan to trade with the west by showing up to Japan's shores with ships.
After months of protest, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies.
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