Sumerians were known for two inventions:
irrigation, that is bringing water to crops that would otherwise not have access to it
and writing: cuneiform, one of two first writing systems on earth (the other being hieroglyphs).
Wyoming and Idaho border Montana to the south
The battle cry so to speak of the colonists was the famous phrase "no taxation without representation." The colonists believed that they were being unjustly taxed by Britain and therefore had reason to revolt to overturn this injustice and others they felt were being imposed on them at the hands of Britain.
To alienate the jews and also that they couldn’t leave the country and escape.
