They couldn't get taxation out of America
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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.
All these countries have a common is that these all are located on Mediterranean sea.
Mediterranean Sea is a sea of Atlantic ocean <span>on the west to Asia on the east and separates Europe from Africa, it is almost completely enclosed by the land and during ancient time, it was an important route and it was allowed for trade, for traders and travelers.</span>
It said that everyone should give up slavery.