All of the countries were having a battle of who could build the biggest bombs, guns, tanks, weapons, technology, etc. which created tension between rival countries. everyone was afraid of the next country being too powerful. Hope it makes sense :-)
Christianity & judaism those are some
The Greeks figured out that to beat them was to unite and some of the united to take the Persians down many times whenever they tried to invade.
I think the Writs of Assistance let the British officials to have the authority to search for smuggled goods in colonists' homes.
