Louis XIV of France depicted as the Sun King. The divine right<span> of kings, </span>divine right<span>, or God's mandate is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It asserts that a </span>monarch<span> is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the </span>right<span> to rule directly from the </span>will<span> of God.</span>
Christopher Columbus landed on Hispaniola in 1492.
Ancient Greeks believed that Zeus, king of the gods, and his family of deities dwelt on Mount Olympus but they regarded the mountain as a more figurative space of these gods and goddesses than an actual location on earth.
Not following the Jim Crow laws would be a huge problem for African-American people depending on what they did. They could be incarcerated, fined, beaten, or even worse, lynched and killed. A famous African-American child was killed by an angry mob after a white woman claimed that his behavior was inappropriate and what's even worse is that the people who killed him were acquitted.
