Defending the country from foreign threats is the job of the national or federal government. They control the military.
The Southern Song (Chinese: 南宋; 1127–1279) refers to the period after the Song lost control of its northern half to the Jurchen Jin dynasty in the Jin–Song Wars. ... In 1234, the Jin dynasty was conquered by the Mongols, who took control of northern China, maintaining uneasy relations with the Southern Song.
The correct answer is An article in the textbook that describes his expedition.
Hudson was an English navigator and explorer. It became noticed from 1607, but disappeared only four years later in tragic circumstances.
Little is known about his career in the previous period, but in the last years of his life he made four attempts to discover a shorter sea route to the East, sailing through the North.
In 1607, Hudson was hired by an English financial group. Sailing north, between Greenland and Spitzberg, he sought access to the East in the vicinity of the North Pole. An impassable ice barrier forced him to withdraw, however, when he was only 10º from the Pole.
In 1608, another failed attempt (followed a route along the northern coast of Asia).
In granting the Philippines it's independence, of course there were
concessions made by the Philippine government. The maintenance of bases,
trade agreements, etc. but wouldn't America have been able to reap all
of these benefits and more had it chosen to not grant the Philippines
its independence?
