Non - Muslims who lived in states. ruled by Islamic rule were referred to as Dhimmi. These non - muslims were obligated to pay taxes referred to as Jizya.
This tax(Jizya) are used as a sign of submission by the Non- Muslims to the rules and laws of Islam. It also serves as a form of protection for Non - Muslims.
After a while, a revolt was started by the Non - Muslims whereby they protested the payment of the taxes because:
a. The amount been paid was too high
b. It was seen as a sort of humiliation for the Non - Muslims because they refused to convert to Islam.
The wealth of the states came from controlling the trade routes across the desert. Their power came from having large pack animals like camels and horses that were fast enough to keep a large empire under central control and were also useful in battle.
The main reason for this was slavery. The US did not want to annex Texas because doing so would have upset the balance between slave states and free states that had been accomplished with the Missouri Compromise of 1820. When Texas became independent, it wanted to join up with the United States.
Human autonomy is the key concept of Enlightenment ideas. This passage relates to those ideas because Napoleon is refering to the importance of reason over beliefs. When he says "the souls of men proceed along different roads" he is also claiming that any religion is valid to feel close to the creator. In a sense Napoleon makes reference to secularization (the idea of religion and politics should be separated and that one's method of worship should be a private matter). That is why he claims that he could be Catholic, Muslim, or Jew.
King Philip's War was an armed coflict in 1675 - 1678 bewteen indigenous inhabitants of New England & New England colonists and thier indigenous allies . The Long Term effects the philips war had on southern new england was that thousands of indians were killed, wounded or captured and sold into slavery or indentured servitude .
