In Sparta, boys were given to the barracks so they could be trained since they valued winning wars rather than having educated people.
The Revolution also unleashed powerful political, social, and economic forces that would transform the post-Revolution politics and society, including increased participation in politics and governance, the legal institutionalization of religious toleration, and the growth and diffusion of the population
Well, fear is created when there is a threat. WW2 Had just ended, so of course America did not want any other nation to become more powerful than them, for the idea that it would end up being like Germany. Americans also wanted to protect democracy, so communism was a major threat to the USA and it's beliefs. Naturally, America wanted to prove dominance to the USSR, thus the beginning of the cold war.
English ships sailed into New Amsterdam and occupied the land, demanding the area from the Netherlands. Soon after the Second Anglo-Dutch war followed. At the treaty of Breda, it was decided that England would get to keep New Amsterdam which was renamed into New York while the Dutch would get sugar plantations in Suriname.
