Sometime between 30 and 33 A.D
The empires that the leaders of the Second Wabe were to rule were much larger than those of the First Wave. The colonies and people were governed from a distance, and <span>leaders </span>achieved the expansion of their empires through wars of conquest. The <span>leaders</span><span> had more military power, over the old divine power, because they
were in command of well-organized armies and fleets of ships to
dominate. Instead of seeing themselves as divinities, the
rulers of the Second Wabe were politicians, who allowed assemblies and
the intervention of the people, like the Greeks. The
new rulers were through politics, the creation of laws, new concepts
such as citizenship in Rome and Greece, as well as the possibility of
not governing for life, but elect leaders, as with the Roman Consuls.</span>
Reformation ideas most likely produced so many Protestant sects in Europe because questioning by reformers inspired more reformers.
<span>The key ideas of the Reformation include:
1. A call to purify the church.
2. A belief that the Bible should be the sole source of spiritual authority.</span>
"In April 1775 British soldiers, called lobsterbacks because of their red coats, andminutemen<span>—the colonists' militia—exchanged gunfire at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Described as "the shot heard round the world," it signaled the start of the American Revolution and led to the creation of a new nation."</span>
