A main goal of the monarchs of Europe during the Age of Absolutism was to "<span>(2) centralize political power" but there were of course other goals as well. </span>
...Its the reason why you have your freedom? The reason we aren't under the control of the British Empire? Why didn't you learn this in second grade? It was the reason America is well... America. It was the first war America fought for the freedom of her people. One could argue the most important war in American history, and possible even the WORLD for that matter, because who knows what the world would be like today if America didn't come to be.
It created new jobs, expanded available farming land, and more