American independence was inevitable, but victory in the American Revolution was not. The American colonies were filling up quickly and building a distinctly American culture. After the French were expelled from the West and Canada, the American colonists did not “need” the British any more.
The Catholic Church became corrupted, due to its overgrown power. Because of the Pope's overspendings, the Pope started the Sales of Indulgences. The Sales of Indulgences was a scheme to earn more money. It made people spend money so that they/family members go into heaven. This upsetted a reformer, Martin Luther. That started the Reformation. So in summery, the Catholic Church gained to much power ( more than the nobility) and it wanted more money. BTW, this only a little bit of it.
<span>repealed the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act, created by British Parliament in 1765, was a tax placed on every piece of paper used for various means in the colonies. The intent of The Stamp Act was to raise money to support troops defending the American Frontier but colonist saw it as a form of taxation without representation.</span>
Germany was upset because they felt that they had been humiliated at the treaty of Versailles. They were forced to abandon parts of their territory, pay for war reparations for most of Europe, and were forced to abandon any military practices that they had in plans and to destroy weapons and similar things. Their economy was basically ruined and their people had to lie in extremely difficult conditions
Italy was upset because it had fought on the side of allies in world war 1 which was the winning side. Italy was ravaged by the war but they felt that they weren't given what they were promised so their participation on the winning side didn't really give them anything that the other winners got. This caused an outrage and people started supporting those who were against the other European powers.
Austria Hungary was upset because it lost all power that it had. The country itself was split into numerous smaller countries which were nowhere close in power to what they had before world war 1. Some of the successor states lost as much as 70% of their territory because of how the powers were shifted and this made Austrians angry.
Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery, also known as the Lewis and Clark expedition.
