China and Japan agree to start new era in bilateral ties. I'm not sure haha
The natural resources included gold, diamonds, cooper, cobalt, and rubber. These resources were tapped by the native Congo population through a system of slave labor implemented by King Leopold II. This made the Belgian government/economy prosper at the hands of the slave laborers in this country. This brutal regime resulted in the deaths of thousands of Congo citizens.
One main reason that Thomas Paine thinks the colonies stand a good chance against the British is because there is so much land and so many resources available to them, and the British only occupy a small island.
He moved it to a Byzantium later on naming it Constantinople