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Despite very little documentary evidence as to the origins of the organization, Boston Patriot Samuel Adams is often credited as being the founder and leader of the Sons of Liberty. The Sons of Liberty was most likely organized in the summer of 1765 as a means to protest the passing of the Stamp Act of 1765.
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Under the Treaty of Paris, Britain acquired present-day Quebec, Cape Breton Island, the Great Lakes basin, and the Japanese financial institution of the Mississippi River. France was allowed to regain possession of Guadeloupe, which Britain had briefly occupied at some point of the war.
I'm a fan of historian Michael Wood! One of my favorite items from him was the BBC documentary series, "In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great."
The quote you mention from Wood comes from his historical researches regarding India. (You could also look for his BBC documentary series, "The Story of India.") The "rejection of a whole way of understanding history" was the way that Wood described the actions of Asoka (or Ashoka -- you'll see both spellings). Asoka was ruler from 268 to 232 BC of lands that would later become known as India. Asoka was a great conqueror but also someone who found enlightenment through Buddhism. After conquering the Kalinga region in eastern India, rather than feeling some great rush of pride or accomplishment because of their victory, Asoka felt guilty. So he worked hard to improve the lives of the Kalinga people that he had conquered. This was what Wood was referring to when he said Asoka's attitude/approach "was a rejection of a whole way of understanding history." Conquest was not something to be celebrated triumphantly. Rather, the conquerors had an obligation to those whom they had conquered.
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B) Battle of Tours
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The Battle of Tours , fought in 732 AD, stopped the Arabic expansion in Europe, after a wave of Arabic conquests had taken Spain. After Spain, the next logical target was France. Had the Arabs won a victory at Tours, Islam would have surely spread in Europe. But Christian armies managed to defeat the Muslim intruders and made them retreat. So, Muslim, Arabic presence was confined to Spain until the 15th century, where Córdoba and Granada became centers of learning. Academic and intellectual exchanges between Arabs in the Iberic Peninsula and Christian Europe took place and allowed the latter to recover classic Greek culture, for example.
