It was in ruins and needed reconstruction.
The stock market crashed...
Liberia was formed by freed slaves from America. It was formerly a colony of the US but declared independence in 1847. The capital, Monrovia, is named after US president James Monroe. Other than Washington DC, it is the only capital city named after a US president.
Britain was a bad place they just don’t know how hard it can be to be on their own
The Kingdom of León was the strongest Christian kingdom.