Converting Native peoples to Catholicism. This was arguably a noble venture in the minds of the colonists - by converting the Natives, they thought, they were saving their souls. Friars and Jesuits, by the way, were both orders of Catholic priests.
The opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative foregone. Every decision necessarily means giving up other options, which all have a value. The opportunity cost is the value one could have derived from using the same resources another way, though this is not always easily quantifiable.
The Truman doctrine had to take on the commerce of being signed first before they could contain it
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<span>These Acts were referred to as the Coercive Acts by American colonists and the Intolerable Acts by the British.</span></span></span>
Why did the south pass Slave codes ?
Since the colonial period, colonies and states had passed laws that discriminated against free Blacks. In the South, these were generally included in "slave codes"; the goal was to reduce the influence of free blacks (particularly after slave rebellions) because of their potential influence on slaves.
