Answer:
I think it was the loyalists
The American Revolution was the U.S breaking apart from the oppressive British government. We broke away because the british wasn't listening to the need of the people and taxing them without representation.
Back in 1615 when it was widely accepted that the earth was the center of the galaxy, Galileo discovered that we revolved around the sun in year long cycles along with other planetary objects. He was put in house arrest for 9 years because of this because it was considered a heresy. He also invented the telescope and was the first to observe the largest of Jupiter's moons.
It was important because it was marked by extensive discoveries and inventions in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Dialectic, Literature, Logic, Mathematics, Astronomy, Religion and Philosophy.
