It impacted today's society because it gave us freedom, it made us a country, it made us able to have our own laws and freedom's
True.
In fact, Rome was FREAKING HUGE!
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True; Northerners were also called Yankees during the Civil War
The great awakening was a large part of unifying the British colonies in the New world, as it was a huge religious movement that thousands joined. Not sure if that's what you're looking for but it is one part of the impact of the great awakening.