"Mother Countries" like England often use tariffs to: * Get colonists to buy less foreign made products
Convince colonists that their own manufactured goods are better
Decrease prices of raw materials
Increase the amount of smuggling that goes on

The Inca are known for domesticating animals for transportation and for praying to the sun god Inti. The Inca had an elaborate road transportation network used for trading and communication. The Inca domesticated the alpaca and the llama as beasts of burden.

The Mayan people cultivated maize on a large scale as this was one of their favourite foods. In order to feed a rapidly growing population, there needed to be many agricultural workers.