People are better off working independently of one another. The belief that is most characteristic of the Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries is that <span>People are better off working independently of one another</span>
The United States claimed Vietnam as a colony after World War ll
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.