It sounds like it means to ask God for forgiveness.
Because she was no longer a slave, it felt to her as if she was a new person. she felt free.
Thomas Jefferson wrote that Britain was impeding on the colonist’s natural rights even though the role of government is to protect these rights, so therefore it was necessary for the American colonies to gain their independence and form their own separate government and country.
Large areas of Europe were in ruin.....ww2
Germany militarism .....was caused by ww1, and the frustration of the war,due to defeat
rising tide of immigration...resulted from ww1
sustained economic growth ..resulted after ww2,a period after ww2, when western European countries and USA experienced unprecedented economic growth.