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<span>the dramatic rise of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire started spreading and conquering all available passages. That meant that they could control everything that was traded there and have a monopoly over it. This made people have a desire to find alternate routes towards India and China.</span>
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The Drinking Gourd song was supposedly used by an Underground Railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from Mobile, Alabama to the Ohio River and freedom.
This was a weakness because there was no checks and balances. This allowed states to do things more freely then they should. This is a large reason of why the Articles of Confederation had to be replaced.