Answer:
1.The renaissance
2.The protestant reformation
3.The discovery of the New World
4.The enlightenment
5.The French Revolution
True, Nixon's foreign policy was heavily criticized.<span />
What made them distinctive is the rise of a new social order based around Puritans who were something like extreme Christians. These were the people who burnt people at the stake because of witchcraft and things like that. Many colonies were made to run away from them.
