No, it was not a wrong decision because the aim behind this was to develop the country through increase in trade.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The decision granted by the Mughal emperor Jahangir to trade with the East India company was done with the intention to increase the trade of the country with East India company and then lead to the growth and development of the country.
With the increase of the trade, there would be more employment opportunities in the country and there would be more choices with the consumers to increase their standards of living their life.
The process was cognitive dissonance
This is the process where people have inconsistent thoughts and behave weirdly in their decision making. In this case, they correlated the prevention of the destruction of earth with their prayer, even though it had nothing to do with it. This is opposite of their previous statement which said that the world would end on that date.
The Embargo Act of 1807 was an attempt by President Thomas Jefferson and the U.S. Congress to prohibit American ships from trading in foreign ports. It was intended to punish Britain and France for interfering with American trade while the two major European powers were at war with each other.
Slaves were brought to the colonies via boat which they were tightly crammed in