A. Christ's crucifixion.
Jesus Christ was supposedly tortured and killed on the cross in Isreal, leading the Latin cross (one central beam with two "arms" on either side, slightly more than halfway up ✝) to become a symbol of Christianity.
The primary reason why Jamestown was taken over by the British government in 1624 is because "<span>There had been too much death and conflict with the American Indians" although it also had to do with internal conflicts</span>