C2

FINAL OUTCOME CARD - C2

YOU COMPROMISE.

The armed ships make you reconsider.

You allow trade—but keep restrictions.

For now, everyone gets what they want.

Unfortunately, the visitors have learned something:

Showing up with cannons gets better results than showing up without them.

HISTORY REVEAL

Portugal sometimes used what historians call gunboat-style coercion—using heavily armed ships to force favorable trading conditions.

Trade wasn't always completely voluntary.

Sometimes the offer was essentially:

Trade with us... or deal with our cannons.