WWI was started because a Serbian nationalist assassinated archduke Francis Ferdinand and acting like a friend who is in a fight Germany jumped in and held Serbia responsible for the assassination starting WWI. The effect s it had on European countries were the collapse of their economies and wanting Germany to pay war reparations mostly to Britain and France totaling to 33 billion dollars this is when the Great Depression started after the stock market crash and the failure of banks.
The Industrial Revolution transformed economies that had been based on agriculture and handicrafts into economies based on large-scale industry, mechanized manufacturing, and the factory system. New machines, new power sources, and new ways of organizing work made existing industries more productive and efficient
The passage shows that Californian politics, and in particular, political advancement methods, were not wholly bound by law as they are now.
Governmental institutions and government control was weaker at that time, so it was difficult to enforce the law consistently. Because of it, people did not have a strong commitment to following legal paths for advancement. Revolutions and rebellions were more effective in seizing power than political campaigns, and there were few negative repercussions for those who chose that method.
A. Preamble. It’s a preamble to the start of the constitution