Economic sanctions may be comprehensive, prohibiting commercial activity with regard to an entire country, like the longstanding U.S. embargo of Cuba<span>, or they may be targeted, blocking transactions of and with particular businesses, groups, or individuals.</span>
It remade Europe after the downfall of French Emperor Napoleon I and tried to restore old boundaries as well as resizing the main powers so they could balance each other and remain at peace.
Industrialization drastically increased the speed of change because the production of new goods always had to increase and be faster at the end of the day. The demand was ever-increasing which made change much more desirable when it was in the direction of increased production.
In this way industrialization increased the speed of change.