The main advantage held by the North over the South at the start of the Civil War was that "<span>It had a far more extensive network of railroads and telegraph lines" It also had more manpower. </span>
We wanted to stop the spread of communism since North Korea turned communist and allied with the Soviet Union
Britain's debt from the French and Indian War led it to try to consolidate control over its colonies and raise revenue through direct taxation (e.g., Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act, and Intolerable Acts), generating tensions between Great Britain and its North American colonies.
King Henry VIII did that in order to mary Anne Boleyn.