THE GUNPOWDER EMPIRES
The era between 1450 and 1750 saw the appearance of several land-based empires who built their power on the use of gunpowder: the Ottomans and the Safavids in Southwest Asia , the Mughals in India , the Ming and Qing in China , and the new Russian Empire.
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Buy expensive machinery. Buy seeds and supplies at low cost. Negotiate with railroads and shipping companies.
Thomas Jefferson authorized the Louisiana Purchase despite questions about Constitutional provisions. Many including Jefferson himself questioned whether it was Constitutional or not for the U.S. Government to purchase new territory, however, in the end he decided to move through with the Louisiana Purchase.
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