they wanted to gain an advantage in the competition for global resources
Edmond Genet, who was sent to the US in 1793.
He declared that he would not run for an additional term as president.
He announced that he would not seek re-election.
The conservatives in Mexico-primarilly creoles and upper clergy-seek independence from Spain so that they will not have to accept the changes a liberal constitution would bring.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met on August 9th and 10th, 1941 in what's known as the Atlantic Conference and Charter. The Atlantic Conference outlined what both countries would do after WW 2, including not seeking territorial gains after the war.
...that Germany would feel satisfied with its gains, and not seek any more territorial expansion.
right of nations to annex territory
This could be for veriaty of reasons depending on the individual, One ethier they were war prisonors and treason would ensure them a painless , or they seek weath and/or power and doing this would gain them this clout in another contry, and my faviorite: There government is crupt and they seek to start a revelution.
A system in which a wealthy person or patron would gain power, status, and money by employing a scientist who would seek new knowledge. The client/scientist would therefore also gain power, status, and money. It was a win-win situation.
The US did not seek or gain revenge against Japan after WWII. It did seek justice.
they were called patriots
Its an anime about two maids protecting the heiress of a massive fortune and her brother from those that would seek to harm her to gain the fortune.
george washington
selling opium
The confederacy needed access to the manufactured goods of great britain and France. :)
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