If a lightning bolt fused a wire to a metal plate then the wire was electrified. remember that a lightning bolt is <span>an electrostatic discharge during an electrical storm. Now if a conductor as a metal plate helped to fuse a wire, the only effect on a wire is to be electrified. </span>
Apart from 1/3 of Europe's population dying off, the aristocracy began to lose their power and status. Many people lost faith in the church, and there were labor shortages, peasant uprisings, etc
A lasting impact of European colonialism was the creation of artificial boundaries created by colonial rulers brought together and separated people arbitrarily. For example, if you look at the boundaries of the nations in Africa, you will notice that cultural groups were divided and combined within and by lines created by European powers.
