I think one of them are because of particular threats and us has maintained a self defense policy not sure if my answers correct
I think the British wanted to control it because it was were they planned their strategies dividing New England states from different colonies along the Hudson river
It was a push by Mao Zedong to change China from a predominantly agrarian (farming) society to a modern, industrial society. In just 5 years.
Slavery had ended and people did not think that colored people deserved the same rights because during slavery they were treated as property and not people