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Even though he has no knowledge of snow, Jonas enjoys sledding down a hill. The previous Receiver, who is now The Giver, tells Jonas that snow and hills used to exist before the community went to Climate Control and Sameness.
The cost of supporting the American revolution caused the French king to propose tax increases
It was "D. Peter the Great" who disguised himself as a carpenter in order to travel around Europe and see for himself how western technology worked. Peter was a truly transformative leader in this way, since he was the first to attempt to bring Russia out from its ancient ways and into modern civilization.
Roanoke Jamestown and is England