The answer to your question is mercantilism. After the Renaissance, mercantilism was the economic policy of the new nations. This economic system was widely used in Europe in the fifteen hundreds and sixteen hundreds which favored equal trading of imports and exports. The national wealth was measured based by the amount of gold and silver.
They fought for independence and freedom
It discouraged the revival of the empire and encouraged the emergence of regional states that organized their communities into powerful societies.<span />
Social revolution occurred in America during the the 1970's. The political and economical status of women increased. Discrimination were removed in minority groups. Environmental awareness also started during this time having the first Earth Day celebrated in 1970.
Communism gave the russians a bad name