One of the most important rules to the Native Americans was that land was to be used by tribes regardless of whether or not it was "worked" in the traditional European sense. This led to great conflict with the Europeans, who thought the Natives weren't entitled to the land if they did farm on it.
The Declaration of Independence and the United States document.
The original purpose of dropping atomic bombs were to, instead of sending in troops, drop an atomic bomb on your city of choice and wipe out everyone in a mile's radius. That is the short term effect. But the long term effects include nuclear radiation which poisons people in a much larger radius, while contaminating the environment for an extended period of time.
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Was a while but one similarity was that in both books a sin was committed. Adultery. Both are probably around the same time period.
