So they could have an ally to help them when it came to fighting the British in battle.
Answer:
By resorting and extending the Grand Canal and building a paved highway alongside it; by insuring the safety of trade routes; by inviting foreign merchants to China.
Explanation:
The Espionage and Sedition Acts(1917 and 1918)allowed a citizen to be fined or imprisoned for speaking out against the government or the war effort. Benefits of these actions include streamlining war production and removing obstacles to the war effort.
They wanted to be independent from being in control of other nations.
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When Constantine tried to establish New Rome he was witnessing a different change in Europe take place than what happened in prior centuries. With his divison of the Roman Empire in the Western and Eastern Roman Empire, he was able to succesfully save a whole part of the Empire.
Constantinople was therefore the new Roman capital. The Eastern Roman empire flourished for another thousand years, while the Western one declined in a few centuries.
