There were of course several big differences between these two regions, but in general Russia was not as technically and culturally advanced as western Europe. They were also still orthodox.
The Great Lakes region of North America is a bi-national Canadian – American region that includes portions of the eight U.S. states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as well as the Canadian province of Ontario.
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they wanted to escape persecution (the moved to north america to achive religous freedom)
