The earliest religious motivation for American colonization was the Reformation. The Reformation occurred in from <span>1483-1546 led by a man named Martin Luther who had pinned his '95 Theses' to the front of the church door.</span>
Because he saw detail too fine and precise to have been formed by rock itself.
The Space Race. One of the most important forms of non-violent competition between the U.S. and the USSR during the Cold War was the Space Race, with the Soviets taking an early lead in 1957 with the launching of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, followed by the first manned flight.