<span>Nelson Mandela became president of South Africe after his release from prison.</span>
The modern period can be counted from around 1500 AD.
Most of the missionary work in this time, especially in the early years, was violent and directly connected to colonialism. For example, the missionaries in Mexico did not initially agree that the pagans had souls and were not protecting them from violence from the state. A lot of missionary work (in Mexico too) was state-sponsored and state-imposed, as the colonial powers saw it as increasing their status among other countries.
The Populist Party was important in United States history because it proposed ideas that later became law
It was the "Sons of Liberty" that was the organization that specifically promoted support for the war against the British among the american people, mainly due to grievances over taxation.
Benedict Arnold was an American general who defected to the British army
