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1. He felt the empire had grown too large.
2. To keep out the barbarian invaders.
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C sounds most accurate, however, most of the European countries were going to go to war regardless of colonies and such, the war was essentially unavoidable as everyone had gotten a bunch of new "toys" (i.e. new weapons) and as Europe does, they wanted to test them out on one another.
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Some of the similar physical features that Mexico (a country) and Kentucky (a State) shares are: both have borders formed by rivers, and are located over tectonic plates, that make both vulnerable to earthquakes. The main differences are the territory (Mexico almost 750 thousand sq mi whereas Kentucky 40 thousand sq mi), climate, topography, and biodiversity.
Maybe you could try:
The Underground Railroad had lots of freedom, but it came at a price for those who missed it.