It would be between increased population, a steady stream of agricultural production, and technological advancements. As for the most important one of those three; that would be agricultural production.
A reason why the Civil War lasted four years is that the Union had to fully conquer the South.
The X,Y,Z affair was an incident between French and American diplomats where they were trying to make a deal that would stop the French from seizing the America ships.
(that resulted in a war known as the Quasi-War.)
Americans were angered by this because the French agents wanted large amounts of money just to stop them from seizing their ships
Because their ruler wanted to convert Ghana's ruler to a Muslim.
