It was to help with Russia's economic problems, development and industrialize Russia as soon as possible and was never going to be a permanent thing.
The European country that first began looking for a sea route to India was Portugal.
This happened towards the end of the 15th century, somewhere during the reign of King Manuel I. The first voyager who went to look for India was Vasco de Gama. This paved the way for Portugal to become one of the most important explorers in the world.
This is in fact true, Hawaii was just U.S territory for over 50 years before it became an official state.
<span>Lincoln was the tool to reconnect the North and South of the US, there was a ten percent plan for the south in order for them to be allowed back in the Union once ten percent of their legal voters swore their allegiance to the US, Johnson was a firm believer that African Americans held no place in reconstruction and that he granted free hand as well as local affairs, and finally the North decided to turn on Johnson because of how he chose to deal with the southern states government.</span>
