John Paul Jones refused to surrender his ship and George Rogers Clark led his troops through freezing swamps and surprised the British.
Answer: 1. Justinian himself planted the seeds for the Byzantine Empire's decline. First, his constant wars and the rebuilding of Constantinople after the Nika Riot caused serious financial problems for the empire. The reconstruction of the Hagia Sophia alone cost about 320,000 pounds of gold
2. Invading forces contribute to the fall of the Byzantine empire by weakening the empire.
3. The Macedonian Dynasty saw the Byzantine Renaissance, a time of increased interest in classical scholarship and the assimilation of classical motifs into Christian artwork.
4. The Nicaean Empire eventually recovered Constantinople and restored the Byzantine Empire in 1261. The Fourth Crusade is considered to have solidified the East-West Schism. The crusade dealt an irrevocable blow to the Byzantine Empire, contributing to its decline.
5. Trade with the Venetians contributed to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in ways both direct and indirect. Because Venice was able to negotiate such favorable terms in their trade contracts with Constantinople, there arose bitter anti-Venice sentiment in the Eastern Empire.
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The article gave congress little power to pass or enforce the nationwide laws and tariffs which ultimately led to increase debt.
Capitalism Con:
While the success of capitalism is based on this basic human instinct of self-promotion, the line dividing self-promotion from prevarication is thin. Capitalism ends up fostering success for those people who have a tendency to prevaricate and impose their self-interest: an ability that served us well as a specie when we were competing for food and resources in the wild but that could have catastrophic consequences now, given the level of complexity and interconnectedness of our societies.
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Capitalism Con:
Prone to cronyism which blocks competition
