I believe the answer is smallpox, but I could be mistaken. There were lots of viruses threatening the population at the time but from what I know, smallpox was the largest threat.
Jefferson wrote all men are equal which meant that people were born with some inalienable rights like right to live free without being under the control of others.
Although in reality, Thomas Jefferson had many slaves under his control and he had progeny from one of his slaves. That statement proclaimed that every individual has to be included regardless of race, religion or gender.
But when he wrote ‘All men are equal”, he may have not considered women and slaves. It may sound hypocritical but it has taken more than a century to really internalize the meaning of equality.
They said it was lacking a bill of rights
They wanted to push in North America because they knew that by gaining control over this continent or at least parts of it would mean a lot to the spanish crown and would also be rewared.
British law made it a punishable crime to possess salt not bought from the English factories.
While the Indians were ruled by the British, they were not allowed to posses salt any other than the one produced and procured by the English. The indians were forbidden by law to not own such or process their own salt. People who did this illegally were caught and beaten down for breaking this law.
