He invaded in an attempt to persuade the United States into a negotiated peace after a hoped-for decisive and damaging attack on Northern soil.<span> </span>
For Christians, Jesus was crucified in Jerusalem. For Muslims, the first thing in that there is a mosque there that is considered 3rd holiest place in the world to them. The second thing is that and there is a thing called the Shrine of the Dome of the Rocks which is the place that Muslims believe that Muhammed ascended into heaven. And for Jewish people, there is this thing called Kotel, or "western wall" where they believe was the foundation block of the Earth and also the closest they can pray to the holiest of the holiest.
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The Declaration of Independence was issued “by authority of the good people of these colonies.” It was a revolution, you know.
The Pilgrims did not cite any specific authority for the Mayflower Compact. However, they declared themselves to be loyal subjects of the king of Great Britain. The Compact was based on their experience in organizing dissenting churches in England and, I suppose, in the Netherlands, where they had sought shelter from persecution. In some ways it was in keeping with the English common law, which dealt with problems and controversies as they arose, rather than waiting for the government to settle them. But in some ways it was a revolutionary, democratic statement, asserting the colonists’ right to make their own laws.
