This is because they thought it was safer to invest in stocks than deposits. They thought that stocks were underused at the time, and were safe to invest in. They would later lose their shares later that decade during the Great Depression.
<span>The effects of the first continental congress were numerous. First, the members demanded an end to the Intolerable Acts. Also, they called for the organization of militias and the printing of paper money. One more thing they did was they formed the Continental Army to be prepared for war with Britain.</span>
B. unrestricted submarine warfare and the zimmerman telegraph
The Zimmermann Note, or telegram, was sent by German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann. He sent it to his ambassador in Mexico and the goal was to get Mexico to become an ally of Germany. It said that Germany would, after it won the war, give the Southwestern US back to Mexico. The United States entered the war because of the Germans' decision to resume the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, and the so-called "Zimmerman telegram."
