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Great Awakening, religious revival in the British American colonies mainly between about 1720 and the 1740s. It was a part of the religious ferment that swept western Europe in the latter part of the 17th century and early 18th century, referred to as Pietism and Quietism in continental Europe among Protestants and Roman Catholics and as Evangelicalism in England under the leadership of John Wesley (1703–91).
Explanation:
This inspired certain groups to break away from nations, and establish their power in the world.
On the silk road it would be sand storms but normaly it would be invading dynasties
It would be "A. a wealthy senator" who would be most likely be a patrician in the roman empire, since these patricians were the "elders" and elite members of society.