A tool that is not useful for economic health is spending.
It seems that you have missed the necessary options for us to answer this question, so I had to look for it and here is the answer. The British government took control of the Suez Canal and Singapore during the 19th century for implementing a policy in order to <span>ensure safe passage on strategic waterways. Hope this helps.</span>
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In the North, industry was now growing and from its growth many Northern
States became wealthy. It also ushered
in progressive ideas where many believe that is better to hire workers and pay
them well rather than keep slaves for labor.
Those who work for better pay get more done than those who are in
bondage. Slavery closed the minds of
people in the South. Apart from clinging
to an outdated system, slavery is a cruel trade wherein people are treated like
property and made to serve others against their will. Because they didn’t have enough industries,
they fell behind the North.</span>
The main reason the Spanish wanted to colonize the Americas was to extract as many riches (primarily gold and silver) from the area as possible, since they would bring things back to Spain in order to enrich their empire.