No, it wasn't wise. It basically started the war. War was pretty much inevitable at this point but it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Roosevelt essentially took the opposite approach as Hoover in taking on the Great Depression. Herbert Hoover thought that America and its economy could naturally recover from the Depression in due course, so he adamantly restrained the federal government from intervening on behalf of the people affected. On the other hand, Roosevelt dramatically increased employment by expanding the federal government and establishing agencies that would aid in relieving some of the country's worst problems.
The French were trying to take Santo Domingo but there was a great black general there named Toussaint L’Ouverture which was preventing him. On top of that the French soldiers were fighting Yellow fever which was lowering the French army numbers. Therefore Napoleon had to do the Louisiana purchase and sell it for only 15 million to supply more soldiers.
In China, Jade was better than Gold. It was an extremely rare stone and could take months to make Jade jewelry.<span />
to take the Holy Land back from the Islamic Empires
the first cruscade was a relgous battle to take jerusalum
