After WW1, the huge empires started to develop a search of something called great power status, which is a international relationships concept who designates a nation who acts with own protagonism, running in any influence degrees or directly power in that context (political, military, economic, and in a very subtle way, thin power.
Quakers in England were often persecuted because they spoke out about their radically different beliefs, and many refused to pay taxes to support the Church of England (D).
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The Articles of Confederation
It was primarily that "<span>D. Growing populations in eastern cities greatly increased the demand for beef," since along with the advent of the rail lines, getting the meat to the consumer was far easier. </span>