I think the thing that helped Americans make the transition from a monarchy to democracy was with the help of the Federalist Papers, made by Alexander Hamilton, Douglass Adair, and James Madison.
Advanced weaponry greatly helped Europe during new imperialism since most of the areas they were colonizing were inhabited by people with relatively primitive weapons, such as spears.
<span>For post-1991 relations, see Sino-Russian relations since 1991. See also History of Sino-Russian relations and History of foreign relations of the People's Republic of China.For modern Taiwan-Russia relations, see Russia–Taiwan relations.</span>
Sino-Soviet relations (simplified Chinese: <span>中苏关系</span>; traditional Chinese: <span>中蘇關係</span>; pinyin: Zhōng Sū Guānxì; Russian: Советско-китайские отношения, Sovetsko-kitayskiye otnosheniya) refers to the diplomatic relationship between the Chinese Republic and the various forms of Soviet Power which emerged from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to 1991, when the Soviet Union ceased to exist.