<span> "Rip Van Winkle slept through the American Revolution. King wanted to stir his audience to not sleep through the revolution he was leading."
source: </span>http://gicoaches.com/rip-van-winkle%E2%80%99s-leadership-lesson-from-martin-luther-king/
They faced harch conditions and struggled throughout the trip.
Which country owned the land
Napoleon's Continental System was designed to destroy the British economy completely by blocking any trades from allies to Britain and even the neutral countries. Britian counter blocked and resulted in the Anglo-American War of 1812.
