The 13th amendment abolished slavery within the U.S or any place subject to their jurisdiction
Peter the great tried to Westernize Russia, and therefore industrialize it. In this way he was a progressive monarch, trying to change things for the better. Yet Charles II wanted complete control over his people and so tried to get rid of the parliament which resulted in the English Civil War. Yet Peter the Great tried to liberalize Russia, giving people rights to revitalize their economy and country.
He told them they too could have a mustache as cool as his
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we try to avoid conflict and we put more time to the united nations
I don't know exactly what your looking for but, it could do with religion or different ideas of the country.
For example: Let's say that America goes to war with Russia and the Americans didn't want to go to war. The people have a differed idea from the government, meaning that the military does not have the peoples support.
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