its wealth from oil made it difficult to gain independence and maintain good relations with the West
The American Revolution, having been successful, inspired those in the 3rd Estate (the lower class) to revolt. Why should they be oppressed, they wondered, by an unfair higher power, when the colonists, experiencing (what they thought was) the same thing, could overthrow their oppressive power?
Answer:The Weimar Republic faced violent uprisings from various groups, not to mention devastating economic problems. Germany between 1918 and 1919 was in chaos. People were starving, the Kaiser had fled and people hated the government for signing the armistice in November 1918 - they called them the November criminals.
