The Committee of Public Safety succeeded the previous Committee of General Defence (established in January 1793) and assumed its role of protecting the newly established republic against foreign attacks and internal rebellion.
First, had the Confederacy won the Civil War, slavery would have undoubtedly continued in the South. As a result of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Union victory, slavery was abolished. ... A victory by the North did equate to the end of slavery. A victory by the South would have meant the opposite.
Claim the land for Spain, enslave the Indians then take their resources
Because the Silk Road was too long to travel so they wanted a shorter way to Asia.
Harrison Ford. He is the man who played Han Solo.