England and France
England: War of 1812
France: The reign of Napoleon and consequently, war
China was surrounded to the west by mountains and deserts. These geographical features kept China isolated from the rest of the world, allowing its civilization to flourish in isolation from Europe and the rest of the world until the development of the Silk Road.
The Ancient Greek civilization is so well known because of how much it impacts society today. They were the first ones to set the stage to many key things still used today like philosophy, literature, astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Not only does it impact us it also affected other great civilizations like the Roman Empire. They overall are the root of who we are as a society today especially in the education aspect.
There wasn’t enough money to run the government and pay war debts.
I think its because the first people who came here were originally close in distance (ie. most people came from England and places near England.) When we brought slaves over, the African people along with the native people to the Americas (the native Americans) had to learn to understand us to make peace, trade, and other stuff.