Checks and balances by the judicial court
I think it depends on the relationship since it’s all ready not that great I would say no because it may cause things to get worse as you go
The desire for trade with Asia encouraged exploration of the Americas because in order to do so they had to search for a trade route. While doing so they landed in the Americas which was like unclaimed land to them so they explored it in order to gain it as their territory. The more land you had control over the more powerful the country was.