From the Ashanti kings of Ghana, there is a golden stool that is a symbol of their power. It is said to have not been seen by the public for about 300 years. The location of such is is kept secret, and a replica is used for public display. Hope this answers the question.
They believed it was to take the oil that there was. Pearl Harbor was attacked to weaken the U.S Pacific Navy so then Japan would be able to attack the Philippines, and the midway islands leading up to the US easier
<span>In order to obtain new taxes he was forced to convoke the Estates-General, and in May 1789 he did so, bringing it together for the first time since 1614 in a last-ditch attempt to get new monetary reforms approved. This convocation was one of the events that transformed the general economic and political malaise of the country into the French Revolution, which began in June 1789, when the Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly; Louis' attempts to control it resulted in the Tennis Court Oath, and the declaration of the National Constituent Assembly on 9 July. Hence, the power of King Louis had been undermined and became transferred to the elected representatives of the people's nation</span>
