Civil wars. Probably the most important single cause of Byzantium's collapse was its recurrent debilitating civil wars. Three of the worst periods of civil war and internal infighting took place during Byzantium's decline.
President Carter attempted to solve the energy crisis by establishing the <span>National Energy Act.</span>
America's victory at Yorktown helped the Continental Army remove all British barracks from New Jersey. This was the final battle during the American Revolution. The Americans won with the help of the French.
There was much superstition and ignorance in 17th century England. Witchcraft had been illegal since 1563 and hundreds of women were wrongly accused. The witch hunts lasted from 1645, just after the Battle of Naseby, to 1647. Of course, the belief in witchcraft was not something new to the 1640s. People accused of witchcraft were persecuted throughout the medieval and Tudor periods.
