Europeans didn't use maritime routes before the age of exploration because they thought that Muslims controlling Portugal and Spain made maritime routes unsafe together with the fact that they didn't have the required transportation and navigation skills to travel.
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The huguenots (they arent part of christian faith)
I believe the type of government that citizens have the power to elect representatives on their behalf is the republic. The republic is a government that the citizens rule through their elected representatives.<span />
Local farmers
The farmers clash with British most of soldiers in 1775, fueled the agitation for independence.most of these local farmers were puritans, and were instrumental in the quest for independence.