The Roman Republic began to expand when Rome fought the Punic Wars and defeated.
The Columbian Exchange or Grand Exchange, was the widespread, at the time, communicable diseases were a byproduct of the exchange.Slaves were a popular trade it em between Africa, Europe, and the American.
Whigs supported the use of government money to build national transportation systems because they believed the government should provide aid to transportation systems in order to improve/encourage economical development.
The beginning of the Lutheran Church :)