1. The empires are gone 2. The wars over religion and territory have stopped 3. Population has skyrocketed
the term spartan in modern english means Relating to Sparta in ancient Greece.
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
In the movie, religion is depicted as something silly and like it’s all some big fable. In the movie people’s perception of religion is based off of what they have went through so it made them believe that go is not real. They choose to blame things on god, then they switched religions when they thought that god would not have done such a thing. Most to atheism. They thought god was not real due to the fact that he had made things go wrong in their life.
Jamestown-
- First permanent English settlement in the New World.
- Settled in 1607.
- Roughly 100 men came to settle this land.
- The first couple years were extremely difficult due to conflicts with Native American groups, harsh winters, and death due to diseases.
- Became a financial succes after John Rolfe learned how to cultivate tobacco on this land.
Massachusetts Bay
- Settled in 1630 by a group of Puritans who were escaping religious persecution in England.
- Religion was a significant part of their life.
-John Winthrop was the leader who inspired the Puritains through his "City Upon a Hill" speech.
- The goal was to create a religious society in which all other societies could model themselves after.
Pennsylvania-
- Settled by William Penn during the middle of the 17th century.
- Becamme a safe haven for Quakers and other individuals who were not Puritan.
- Acceptance of other religions resulted in the development of a cultural diverse population.
