Converting Native peoples to Catholicism. This was arguably a noble venture in the minds of the colonists - by converting the Natives, they thought, they were saving their souls. Friars and Jesuits, by the way, were both orders of Catholic priests.
The gulf of Tonkin incident led the United States Congress
to overwhelming approve the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. This resolution gave
President Lyndon B. Johnson virtually unlimited powers to oppose communist
aggression in Southeast Asia. President Lyndon was also advised on how any
potential war with the North Vietnamese might be fought.
Ima guess right now and say that its due to what they bought was cheap
Taoism urges its followers to live in harmony with the way of nature (and the Tao).