In the given time frame from 1700 to 1790 the population of England and Wales did not decreased at all, on contrary, the population in England and Wales actually was rising steadily, and by the end of this period there was a fast increase in the population, similar to the ''baby boom'' period few centuries afterwards.
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constitutional laws, treaties, regulatory laws
The main reason why the United States was able to assert itself on the World Stage after WWII was because the US emerged from the war with an incredibly high GDP, thanks mostly to war-time spending. This allowed the US to act as a world leader because so much else of the world had been crippled economically.