European Ballance of Power
...ion with strong armies and export more then they imported. During this golden age of trade England had ties with Japan but England had little that the Japanese wanted besides guns. So Japan took power and only allowed one ship a year to trade the reason Japan took such measures is because old stories they had heard of seized land taken from countries at gunpoint. This example shows that Japan took control of the situation so England did not control all of Japan. Countries would often try things to insure security of there land people and wealth, like in Japan In Order to retain this balance of power between Spain and Portugal sighed the treaty of tordesillas this spilt up the land so explores would only be able to conquer certain lands. The Balance of power was helpful and not in many ways. For a short time its made countries think about what they were doing. Countries came together and disused instead of brutal...