It was caused by the sharp rise in the price of opium was seized upon by some of the Cohong trading houses and smugglers.
Answer B: They viewed them as property rather than as people
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade. Ships departed Europe for African markets with manufactured goods, which were traded for purchased or kidnapped Africans, who were transported across the Atlantic as slaves; the slaves were then sold or traded for raw materials, which would be transported back to Europe to complete the voyage. Voyages on the Middle Passage were large financial undertakings, generally organized by companies or groups of investors rather than individuals
Slaves' treatment was horrific because the captured African men and women were considered less than human; they were "cargo", or "goods", and treated as such; they were transported for marketing.
A) Borrowing will decrease.
A "domino effect" is when one thing tumbles into another and causes an inevitable reaction. If interest rates are increased, it will tend to cause individuals and companies to hesitate or delay in making investments that would require them to borrow. As <em>Investment News</em> explained (July 25, 2017): "Higher interest rates lead to higher borrowing costs, so mortgages would become more costly and business loan interest rates would rise. Some home buyers might postpone making real estate investments, and small business owners may be disinclined to take on debt."
