If it is, Japan's motivation to seek more territories in Asia was for more resources during WWII. The U.S cut all resources going from the U.S to WWII.
This is an example of irony.
It's not parody since the action isn't being dramaticized or made ridiculous, nor is it foreshadowing since there's it's not really suggesting that this later incident will happen. It's also not a metaphor since it's not different things being compared or likened to one another.
The direct causes of the American revolution include the following:
1. Colonists rights were restricted.
2. Colonists were not represented in parliament.
3. Colonists did not want England ruling from far away.
4. Colonists were frustrated with high taxation.
All these factors led to the war between the American colonists and the British. Great Britain put in place a lot of policies which did not favored the American colonists, this include the payment of tax which the American colonists violently rejected.
