People <span>on the home front used liberty bonds to support the World War I effort in that they essentially loaned the federal government money that could be spent on war supplies--with the promise that they would be paid back with interest. </span>
A state has self-government, or is part of a larger self-governing whole (like a Federal government).
A colony is ruled by an outside power, and does not have the power to make its own laws.
I would guess the Mediterranean Sea.
Maybe the old man is talking about reincarnation and when he returns it’ll be a different time therefore requiring change. Change in science, writing, and overall human advancement.
