<span>The United States wasn't a country in 1609. Maybe it has to do with the suppressed colonies vs. a new, unified country with a stable government.</span>
The prohibition of slavery in the Territories, hostility to it everywhere, the equality of the black and white races, disregard of all constitutional guarantees in its favor, were boldly proclaimed by its leaders and applauded by its followers.
Sir John Harrington invented the flushable toilet in 1596, however the idea of a toilet has existed for thousands of years in much more primitive forms.