Well fossil fuels are such a largely used resource in the economy it is hard to transition from it since its so depended on for many things.
Any time cultures interact (example: immigration) they impact each other and cause culture change. Ideas and cultural concepts are constantly spreading and moving and changing.
Colonists believed that they could exert more control over their fate if power was restricted at the State level
One way in which the people of the Tibetan kingdom and the people of the Inca Empire are similar is that they "<span>(1) developed coastal ports" among other things. </span>
It could perhaps have avoided it even longer if it had given the colonies some actual representation in Parliament. i hoped that helped