They saw themselves in the Enlightenment tradition, had faith in science and reason and believed in progress. The desire for social change shaped the Enlightenment debate about God, and led many to reject divine authority.
Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Georgia, Connecticut, and Rhode Island/Providence Plantations.
The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
Islam ruled North Africa by A.D. 700.
