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Well, several ideas that developed during the renaissance became the basic Ideas of Scientific Revolutions.
For example, the Cart That's created by the Romans became the basic idea in designing the first Cars, a lot of painters such as Da Vinci, created a lot of technological designs for weapons, vehicles, and buildings, etc.
Reluctantly after trying appeasement (which was a massive failure) Britain and France had to honor their promise to defend Poland should she be attacked. When she was, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
A third group of Democrats formed the Constitutional Union Party and selected John Bell as their presidential candidate. Because the Democratic vote was spread so thin, Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell in the 1860 presidential election.
