Mercantalism helped push exploration during the age of exploration to find more profitable trade routes to the east. Leading this exploration was Portugal which finally after many years of trying reached India with the Vasco de Gamma expedition. One of Vasco de Gammas expeditions also discovered Brazil.
Answer:
is there more to the question?
The answer is true. There
was several times where the United States restricted the entry of certain
groups of people into their country. These
was regulate who would enter their country.
Today that is no longer being practiced as restrictions are now being
removed.
The cultural conservatism helped keep the culture preserved, and alive.