I believe it is because the housing market crashed that year and people were scared it could happen again or they were not financially stable.
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Various motives prompt empires to seek to expand their rule over other countries or territories. These include economic, exploratory, ethnocentric, political, and religious motives.
Singapore - Great Britain
Philippines - United States
Indonesia - Netherlands
Indochina - China
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Politics of Suriname take place in a framework of a representative democratic assembly-independent republic, whereby the president of Suriname is the head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government.