The 10% bill on state tax on state government to pay reconstruction costs was the main provision of the Wade-Davis bill of 1864 that led Lincoln to pocket veto it.
Europe's economy improved significantly as new roads and infrastructure were developed.
Former Roman lands were split up and claimed by Germanic kingdoms.
There was a definite decline in Christianity, its followers, and its spread across lands.
Trade increased in the West, resulting in an end to the recession taking place at that time.
In the short term, the voyages led to the destruction of the natives of the lands that Columbus found. Some of them were killed outright. Others were enslaved. Many died of diseases brought by the Europeans.
<span>It was Walter Raleigh who got permission from Elizabeth I to establish a colony in North America. It should be noted however that this colony ultimately failed, and it wasn't until Jamestown that a viable colony existed.</span>
