Answer: To recognize and honor those who have made significant contributions in science, and to promote science and its benefits to society.
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Kings Charles II established the society in 1660. Members of the society are elected by existing members of the society annually.
British citizens and members of the British Commonwealth are recognized as FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society). Foreign members are known as ForMemRS (Foreign Member of the Royal Society).
The people wanted peace (out of the war in Vietnam fueled by the policy of containment) so the ones who were running for president needed to address this.
There were lots of foreign changes that presented challenges for the US. I'll give you a few examples from different time periods. First would be when England wanted to tax the Americans in the Revolutionary period. They did this to try and restrict America's freedom. Another example would be that Russia had spies during the cold war period. This was to gain intelligence of the US war plans. Also when Germany sent the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico during the WWII period. This was to get Mexico to launch a surprise attack on the US.
The oil embargo of 1973 forced the U.S. to ration gasoline for a time.
