#1) How are today's communication technologies and communicators different from those Orwell imagined in "1984"
Answer: The technology was used for controlling means by placing telescreens and clandestine microphones everywhere, at work, market places or even in the comforts of their own home. Today's technologies are not used for that purpose.
The Aztecs have evolved and developed together with their technology. They had agricultural breakthroughs such as irrigation and cultivation of crops such as maize. The spread of this cultivation supported economic development and social diversification. This led American Indians to develop agriculture and provide a stable food supply promoting growth of population. The increase in population fostered more advanced civilizations and American Indian settlement into North America.
The colony that was granted to the Penn family was Pennsylvania. William Penn was the founder of the Pennsylvania colony and he advocated for freedom of religion and democracy. In 1681 King Charles II gave a large piece of land to the Penn family in order to pay debts. William Penn was a fervent supporter of the colonies unification and his writings “Pennsylvania Frame of Government” set the basis for the United States Constitution.
