<span>Uprisings such as Shays' Rebellion highlighted the weakness of the "Articles of Confederation," since it became clear that the Articles did not give the central (federal) government enough power. </span>
An important contribution of enslaved Africans employed in large-scale, specialized production of commodities in the Americas is the development of price-making markets across the Atlantic basin in regions (including Western Europe) that had long been dominated by non-market-oriented production.
He supported French colonialism in Vietnam to stop communism.
