Yes, they were made up of religiously diverse settlers. The settlers were mostly anglicans, Catholics, baptists, Lutherans, and Presbyterians.
Empirical is information or learning based on observation.
Humanism is the secular intellectualism based on Greek and Roman philosophy.
Secular is not spiritual or religious in nature.
Absolutism is a political system whose ruler is unchecked and absolute.
Monarch is a ruler for life or hereditary right.
Reform is to change or improve something by correcting for faults and abused.
They would bargain in groups with their employees in regards to their wages, benefits, hours, and other terms and conditions about their job.
The 95 thesis was posted by Martin Luther, asking for drastic changes in the Catholic church's teachings and how they followed the Bible. Soon after this, Luther split away from the Catholic Church and created his own, now known as the Lutheran Church.
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Different states may have different laws about what goods can be transported and who can use the water ways
