Because philip 2 wanted a standing army, he found it necessary

Because Philip II of Spain wanted a standing Army, he found it necessary to raise taxes.

He found major difficulties in raising the taxes, however. Eventually, he did go bankrupt but that's not before he taxed all the local resources available.

alliances in ww1 were different from ww2 because the entente in ww1 made up of serbia,russia,france,britan,japan and italy later america  and all allied in a sort of balance of power and too keep germany,austria-hungary,and the ottomans down. russia allied the serbians in order to exert its influence in the balkans while france allied the russians because france was still in dismay and insulted after the defeat to the germans during the unification of germany and britian allied the belgians after the germans invasion of belgium.in ww2 the alliances were in a preemptive attempt to deter any further wars into happening while germany and italy allied since they were insulted and humiliated after the previous war while also sharing a similar ideology of facsim along with japan which all 3 had a want for world domination and agreed to assist one another in the endevours 

explanation:

a. by accepting the election of president abraham lincoln in 1860 and convincing other southern states to do the same