The impact of the printing press, astrolabe, and caravel on 16th-century Europe demonstrates the ability of technology to "<span>redefine human understanding of the world"</span>
Civil War killed off slavery and declined the southern economy it also acted as a catalyst to make America into a complex industrial society of capital, technology, national organizations, and large corporations.
The colony being described is Georgia. It was founded in 1732 and it served as a military protective zone between the English colonies and the Spanish settlement in Florida.