One effect of the expansion of Europeans was various unsuccessful labor systems in the Americas, Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa, a Spanish missionary, expressed his opinion about the corrupt Mita system that dictated the labor force at the Potosi mines in Peru, 1622. " This works out very badly, with great losses and gaps in the quota of Indians, the villages being depopulated; and this gives rise to great extortions and abuses on the part of the inspectors toward the poor Indians." Espinosa describes the losses from the elected Indian representatives that created gaps in the Spanish's expectation of tributary labor and silver production guaranteed by the Indians.
The immense diffusion of European culture and technology eventually lead foreign countries to reject Westernization and restrict confrontations between themselves and the West. Although many countries continued to adopt the Spanish's silver currency and participated in the Atlantic Slave trade, they dismissed the revolutionary philosophies and selectively chose the Europeans advancements in technology. Tokugawa Iemitsu, a Japanese shogun, issued and Closed County Edict to two commissioners of Nagasaki in 1635, it read, "No Japanese is permitted to go abroad," "If there are any Southern Barbarians who propagate the teachings of padres, or otherwise commit crimes, they may be incarcerated in prison," Iemitsu further writes a list if rules outlining how the Japanese deal with foreigners and procedures for those who confront them, all resulting in negative enforcement.
The lack of effective labor in the Americas motivated the Portuguese to salvage suitable workers in Africa as well as