The American resources that were the most important to the Spanish were gold and silver, while for the French it was the furs that they traded. England found great profit in the tobacco trade.
The Congress of Vienna was convened in 1815 by the four European powers which had defeated Napoleon. The first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe which would prevent imperialism within Europe, such as the Napoleonic empire, and maintain the peace between the great powers
After the Qin Dynasty collapsed in 207 BC after four years of civil war, Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty