What was the american government hoping to achieve by paying the japanese to work and farm?

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Labor on the farm was a common option among the first immigrants to the United States. Japanese farmers who arrived in the country implemented intensive farming methods that were very successful. The government paid these Japanese immigrants to use these techniques that produced 40 percent of the cash crops before the war.

the authority to tax.

which colony was founded, in part, as a place for english debtors?

a) georgia