How does this quote: "gunships began to produce the edge that mere trade offers could not provide. Heavily-anned Portuguese vessels, bombarding ports and local shipping alike, gained Portugal several trading bases on the Indian coast and intimidated other merchants, some of whom began to pay Portugal a tribute tax in order to continue their seaborne trade.” connect to this claim: Portugal impacted the Indian Ocean trade in the 16th and 17th centuries by taking control of the trade. To do this, they had to have very developed naval technology so that they could join the trade and taxed ships that sailed to their area to establish dominance. **anwser with 1-2 Sentences**

How does this quote: "gunships began to produce the edge that mere trade offers could not provide. Heavily-anned Portuguese vessels, bombarding ports and local shipping alike, gained Portugal several trading bases on the Indian coast and intimidated other merchants, some of whom began to pay Portugal a tribute tax in order to continue their seaborne trade.” connect to this claim: Portugal impacted the Indian Ocean trade in the 16th and 17th centuries by taking control of the trade. To do this, they had to have very developed naval technology so that they could join the trade and taxed ships that sailed to their area to establish dominance. anwser with 1-2 Sentences