They began in deserts of Arabia and in the far west.
There are several forms of government in which the government has absolute control. One example is totalitarianism. It is where the government controls everyone's lives. Another would be monarchy. It is where everything is controlled by the king. <span />
Both groups believed in a personal experience of God and his power. However, Puritans had ministers in their churches while Quakers did not. Penn desired to gain respect and friendship and paid Native Americans for land. Puritans, on the other hand, despised them and had no will to communicate with them.
Britain still had a substantial amount of colonies and gradually decolonized overtime.
The French wanted older colonies back in their possession such as South-East Asian nations of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.