Eventually the Europeans, for reasons of their own, became reluctant to continue shipping so much silver to East Asia. This is largely because they preferred to hoard the silver so that they could use it to pay mercenaries in their ongoing wars. They started looking for something else to export to China and found that they were in a real bind because there were very few things that they produce more efficiently than the Chinese could. The thing that eventually filled the gap left when the Europeans tried to cut back on their silver shipments was opium.
Opium served a whole series of functions for the British in particular. It helped make their new colony in India profitable by providing a very ready revenue source. It saved on the silver that they no longer wanted to ship and, of course, the story of the opium trade to China then gets us into a whole different period of world history and different kinds of links between China and the outside world.
Answer: Debt Peonage 100%
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Your answer should be, "could stay in the country for a short time as guest workers."
The previous answer (it was deleted) was just sick. I can't believe someone would just put random letters on an answer just to get points. I hope this answer is correct and helps you.
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Henry Clay crafted the Missouri Compromise, which was passed in 1820.
<span>It was General Windfield Scott. He led the campaign to take
Mexico City. First he laid siege on Vera
Cruz with the help of Commodore Mathew C. Perry and then advance to Puebla
where he routed the Mexican defenders there.
On his way to Mexico, he was involved in several fights such as
Churabusco, Molino Del Rey and Chapultepec.
He defeated Sta. Ana at the Battle of Huamantla which was Sta. Ana’s
last battle. He also dealt with Mexican
Guerillas and eventually won the war against Mexico.</span>
