Jimmy Carter is best known as a Washington outsider. One of the main reasons that his presidency was flawed, was his inability to solve the Iran hostage crisis in 1980.
to prevent the expansion of communism
The bill of rights (1689) guaranteed parliamentary rights that needed to be respected by the monarchs. It meant, a constitutional monarchy, where the power of the monarchs was limited by the Bill of Rights that protected the authority of Parliament.
They had a lot of heavy taxes on almost everything. and the colonist couldn't keep the profits
Maintaining economic isolation. In this quotation, Emperor Lung saw no reason to allow Europeans to import their products into a self-sufficient China which was experiencing a favorable balance of trade at the time with European nations which demanded Chinese tea, porcelain, and silk.
