<span>After refusing to repay their debt following the Mexican-American War, European powers decided to implement a navy blockade onto the country, which would ultimately restrict an array of goods and products from coming into the country, further crippling their economy.</span>
It has helped with the European economies, traveling within the EU is better and easier, the countries in the EU will basically never go to war because they are allies.
As for culture, the culture has kinda spread around since the countries are unified. Like I said they can travel easier so culture gets spread and shared I guess you could say. Hope this helps man
The Industrial Revolution saw a shift from man-made goods to machine-made products.
Hope that helps!
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The answer to this question is China and India.
