Which monarch refused Hasekura's trade agreements?
The Tsar of Russia
The King of France
The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
European Monarchs
Answer
The European monarchs refused Hasekura's trade agreements because they did not want to give up their monopolies on trade with Asia. Hasekura was sent by the Japanese government to Europe to establish trade relations with the Europeans, but he was unsuccessful. The European monarchs were afraid that if they allowed the Japanese to trade with them, it would hurt their own economies.
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