Instead of chasing after their prey, homo sapiens developed spears out of flint and rock to kill their prey. The discovery of fire also helped these homo sapiens cook their food, which helped them to avoid sickness as a result of food poisoning.
Patrick Henry believed in the "clean" form of government in which government officials and the entire government, in general, shouldn't be corrupt. He refused a strong central government and denied attendance to the meeting in which it had become the Constitutional Convention, fearing that the decision for a Constitution will be too centralized and strong for the people to have freedom.
The major criticism of the Catholic Church put forward by the Protestants during this time was that the Church had "lost its way" and become too focused on pageantry than on truly serving God.
John Jacobs Rascob (I think?) built the Empire state building purely because he was competing with other entrepreneurs to construct the tallest in the world!
What an extraordinary fact, don't you think?
Hope this helps!
- Z
