The correct answer is <span>A great distance geographically separated colonists and Britain
They spoke the same language - English. The religious beliefs were mostly the same, but the colonies had more diversity in their Christianity while the English were predominantly protestant. The colonists didn't ally themselves with the natives.</span>
The Zhou created the Mandate of Heaven: the idea that there could be only one legitimate ruler of China at a time, and that this ruler had the blessing of the gods. They used this Mandate to justify their overthrow of the Shang, and their subsequent rule.
