Southern congressmen opposed James Tallmadge’s proposed
amendments to the Missouri statehood bill in 1819 because the amendments would
have made Missouri a free state. This made the amendments controversial and a
threat to sectional political harmony which was essential to achieve consensus.
John F. Kennedy was warned that the spread of communism had to be stopped
Answer:
Reconquista, Spanish Inquisition, conquistadors travel to new world, then convert the conquered colonies to Christianity
There were quite a few reasons. Allthough Alexander the Great already conquered was amounts of territory in Asia minor and Egypt, well outside the borders of Greece, there were always more riches to be found in different nations, together with bigger glory. As he was a general and a war-hero, it was important for him to obtain as much land as possible.