Nicaragua
contra was a label given to the various rebel groups, active from 1979 through to
the early 1990s, that opposed the Sandinista Junta of National
Reconstruction government in Nicaragua. the democratic elected regime in Nicaragua threatened USA private land owners in the country.
The holocaust led the creation of the, illegal, state of Israel which led to conflict in the Middle East
In 1773 the British parliment passed the Tea Act. The Tea Act was designed to help the East India Company which was in financial trouble. Most tea at this time over 80 per cent was smuggled tea from the Dutch. Parliment allowed the East India Company to import and export tea tax free in England but imposed a tea tax on the colonists. Colonists objected to this new tax as the price of tea went up. One result was the Boston Tea Party where colonists dressed as indians in Boston boarded and English ship and dumped the cargo of tea overboard.
Even though Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover were all presidents elected to office for the Republicans, Hoover wasn´t really a conservative.
As the economy suffered due to the infamous stock market crash of 1929, Hoover explored non-conservative policies that his predecessors wouldn´t support. He expanded public works, signed into law the high peacetime tax increase and signed a tariff that would end up hurting foreign trade.
Though Texas wanted to be annexed and had voted within their independent nation to become a part of the US, Mexico had still not settled Texan independence and therefore was upset by the US's move to annex Texas. There were many boundaries unsettled after the Texan Revolution and this will lead to issues between Mexico and the US in determining the border. These border disputes coupled with contempt for US actions will lead to the Mexican-American War in 1846. This war will end with Mexico losing all of what is now the SW of the US in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
