In general, yes, immigration during 1830s to 1840s was vital to the industrialization of America, since it was mostly immigrants who first sought employment in the factories that were an essential element of industrialization.
The Silk Road was the easiest way for people to trade supplies but over the years people started to taxes everything in the silk road to the point no one wanted to do any trading there
They invaded other countries without provocation in order to add teritory
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