Was it Washington's direct interaction that motivated his men or did each soldier come with idealistic goals of freedom that motivated themselves? Was there ever any record of speeches he made during the war?

Like massive public scrutiny and things like that

I am currently finishing the book and it mentioned how people would be killed if they spoke up against the LDS church and strictly enforced Mormon law. How true is this? Thank you in advance!

I know that many early Christian scribes were willing to make changes, mostly small, to reconcile differences between different biblical accounts and to resolve theological points. I also know that some early Christian leaders, such as Marcion, were willing to make larger, more significant alterations.

Reading, for example, the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke it is clear that there are many differences. Of course some people argue that they are not irreconcilable, but surely this must have been apparent even to early (100-400 CE) Christians. So, why were small cases of 'harmonizing' or altering texts common, but not large cases? Were early Christian scribes not seeing the forest for the trees, or did these contradictions not bother them? Or were there 'large cases' of harmonizing that I am not aware of?

I'm planning on joining the Middleseaxe reenactment group quite soon, and the weapon that I really like the look of is the hewing spear/partisan. These guys are pretty hard for the historical accuracy, so were they routinely used during that period?

Or probably not with Jesus specifically, but does anyone know about what a generic carpenter around 20AD might have made per hour/day/month? Or any insight into working conditions like hours per day? Would he have had a boss or been part of a crew or been self-employed? And what sort of people might hire him?

I've heard that this is a major reason why Argentina is so "white" compared to other regions in South America, there simply weren't many people living there at the time (relatively.)

I know it might be a bit of a subjective question, asking what people knew, but is there any evidence about how much a peasant in, say, 1200, would have known about the life of Jesus Christ? Would they be aware of the Sermon on the Mount? Or the Stations of the Cross?