He faced war when he knew he had too and gained power from each war he did face. He faced his enemies such as Spain and never backed down. Essentially this is what made France militaristically superior to other countries. The Fronde, of course stagnated the growth of Frances economy but he used his exploration to benefit him economically. He adopted the idea of mercantilism and gain power from it.
His methods included increasing the effectiveness of certain existing methods to bring income to the crown, this included: * Ordinary revenue, this came in annually from crown lands and custom duties but also included the profits of justice (fines) and feudal dues on the lands retained in return for military services. Crown lands mean that Edward gained land from nobles so if a noble was to die, the king gained his land. This situation happened many times, with the Duke of Clarence and Warwick. Custom duties are taxes on imported goods. Edward IV was innovative and was interested in business and especially key commodities: tin, wool and cloth.
Pitt realized the best way how to collect taxes would be through indirect taxes on the rich. Therefore he came up with taxing the strangest pleasures of the upper class such as horses, wigs, powders and even windows. But Pitt also thought about taxing the lower class. He ordered taxes on candles, because they were very common. Despite all of it, his taxation policy was generally successful.
Why was Henry V so succesful in France 1415- 1422? Henry V was succesful in eventually getting what he always wanted, The Treaty of Troyes in France in many ways. His leadership and belief from early on that he would succeed in getting what he wanted thrived on, taking him and his men through Harfleur, Agincourt and furthermore gaining more land in France. His success began early on with his preperations for his frist invasion. Due to Henry being popular parliament were willing to help finance his invasion.
There was a constant customer calling for transportation of men and supplies. There was ship building and commerce going on in the eastern ware in Europe. The economy was gained to a financial high when the Crusades made its way to Europe. Even though the crusades were just Christian campaigns fought, it still took a toll on the economy more than people would of thought. It’s said that the first crusade created Latin states on the holy land.
The first thing that Louis was not smart about was causing war. Louis was focused on expanding the France to Germany and possibly even farther (Bernard, L.L.). King Louis was very idiotic in doing this because not he taking money from France to try to make France more powerful therefore making himself more power. King Louis did not have the money to do so because he did not tax the high-class citizens. He only taxed the merchants and low-income people of France, which may have brought in money, but without taxing the high-income people of France he just did not have enough.
An added economic benefit came to France by this political move of Napoleon’s when the Church restored to France property that previously belonged to them which the Church had seized during the Revolution. Furthermore, selling the Louisiana Territory to the United States not only prevented conflicts with them but also produced a great deal of money which was desperately needed for the French economy at the time. Let us not forget his role in the founding of the Bank of France along with the betterment of our education system through the establishment of the lycees (secondary schools) (SparkNotes, 2009). While it is true his return to France is a direct violation of the terms of surrender set forth in the Treaty of Fontainebleau 1814; all facts must be considered before any actions are brought forth today that would result in further violations of this treaty. Let it be known that Napoleon Bonaparte was not the first to violate the terms of this treaty with his return to France.
The act also emplaced the Tariff of 1922. Intended to simply protect the American market, the tariff ended up completely barring the country from European goods. Harding was an advocate of big business, and passed different acts in support of big business. Mellon enacted several Revenue Acts, which lowered taxes on businesses and put them under less government regulation. This support for big business caused an expansion in the overall consumerism of the country.
Numerous wars were fought over trade, because of the great profit it brought to the land. The Crusades were not just holy wars, but they also aimed to take one of the largest trading centers and routes in the world. Trading and the City: Merchant and traders were not part of the medieval feudal society, yet they had great influence in it. As trade developed, towns along the trade routes became richer and richer. Some developed into great cities, such as Paris, France.
Roosevelt had realized this great potential and purchased the equipment and rights from the French to pursue this project. While at the same time as the purchase, a bitter conflict between Panama and Columbia was taking place, where Roosevelt had stepped in and offered Panama independence from Columbia in exchange for exclusive rights and control of the lands surrounding the projected Panama Canal. Though the building of the Panama Canal was considered one of the greatest achievements of his administration – for it nearly doubled the efficiency of America’s navy , it has also caused conflict and severe criticism against him