My guess would be the first one
Total War: Military conflict in which the contenders are willing to make any sacrifice in lives and other resources to obtain a complete victory.
The main difference was the monoteism (the Trinity: God Father, God Son and Holy Spirit was inspired later in the history in the Trentus Concilium). All ancient cultures believed in different gods.
There was actually a surplus in the economy during Andrew Jackson's presidency when he paid it all off.
They were worried about the government cause they believed it had become corrupt.
