Just considering that the Pope is in Vatican City State (surrounded by the Italian soil and thereby in Europe), I would assert Catholicism.
The British taxed the colonists in order to pay its debt.
It contributed to the rise of the mongol empire. It also the first empire that had people able to ride horses, shoot with bows and move around.
I usually try to use things like hey girl or what's up try not to make it obvious you don't know their name and/or ask someone who knows them the persons name