Western and europeans in general fought each other a lot resulting in superior fighting tactics. Other places did not do this, giving europe a huge edge against everybody.
The economies of the New England and Mid-Atlantic colonies were more diversified than the Southern colonies.
While consumers and producers obviously make most decisions that mold the economy, government activities have at least four powerful effects on the U.S. economy:
Direct Services
Regulation and Control
Stabilization and Growth
Direct assistance
In China between 1989 and 1901, a Chinese secret organization called the Yihequan (Righteous and harmonious fists) led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. The group practiced certain boxing and rituals in the belief that this made them invulnerable. Their members, referred to by Westerners as Boxers killed foreigners and Chinese Christians and destroyed foreign property. By the terms of the Boxer Protocol, which officially ended the rebellion in 1901, China agreed to pay more than $330 million in reparations.
The Harlem Renaissance would not have probably happened in the south because the Renaissance was a result of fleeing from the oppressive Deep South. It was both a literal and symbolic transition from slavery. African-Americans being able to get away from their oppressors was a large factor towards the Harlem Renaissance.
