I believe it was Pope Leo III
Shays rebellion caused people to open their eyes about how weak the Articles of Confederation was.
This is probably not the answer you want but no one is going to write you an essay, you need to write it yourself now I'm not saying we won't correct it look over it or help at certain points but no one will write you an essay sorry
Geographically it was surrounded by three sides and was between Europe and Asia.
It also benefited a lot from the linked trade routes in both sea and land.
Answer: The Reconquista, was a period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula of about 780 years between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711, the expansion of the Christian kingdoms throughout Hispania, and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492.