Answer:
umm abt 10 billion years ago because idk but thank you for the points i needed them.
Europe's economy improved significantly as new roads and infrastructure were developed.
Former Roman lands were split up and claimed by Germanic kingdoms.
There was a definite decline in Christianity, its followers, and its spread across lands.
Trade increased in the West, resulting in an end to the recession taking place at that time.
Answer:
Seward refusing to protest Alexander II's destruction of the Polish uprising
Woodrow Wilson's initial apprehesnion at joining WW1
Extra example: Franklin Roosevelt's refusal to overtly join the Allied Powers in early WW2.