<span> The Congo was run essentially as a personal fiefdom by the Belgian King Leopold I, who used a great deal of brutality in an effort to essentially extract as much wealth as possible, primarily in the form of rubber, from the colony. Coercive tactics such as mutilation and execution were commonly used in order to ensure compliance. </span>
The cause of The Thirty Year War is that the Holy Roman Empire had conflict<span> with the Protestant. </span>France <span>fought </span>Spain<span> and the Holy Roman Empire for Europe Leadership. The effect of the war is that Sweden,</span>France<span> and their allies gained new territory.</span>
To serve as president, one must: be a natural-born U.S. citizen of the United States; be at least 35 years old; be a resident in the United States for at least 14 years.
