Demands by Cuban patriots for independence
The seas close by brought merchants and trade boats frequently
If there's an economic downturn in a country where the taxes are very high, and those taxes are used for the funding of the numerous social programs, than the country can very quickly face high rates of poverty and maybe even an internal conflict.
If the economy suddenly starts to crumble, the people that work would not be able to support themselves with the paying of very high taxes, thus they will rebel against that in order for the taxes to be lowered down.
On the other hand, that will result in little to no funding for the social programs. That will bring in revolt in the people that are very poor and need those programs, but also the people that do not work by their will but have relied on those money.
These two sides of the picture can easily bring in a lot of violence, tensions, even a revolution.
<span>The Supreme Court
helped wear down the freedom of African-Americans after the civil war because
it didn't announce many of the laws that were intended to harass
African-Americans as unlawful. It even supported separation when it confirmed
that the doctrine of separate but equal was a constitutional right.</span>
