How were the drives for independence in Mexico and Brazil different

In italy, the distance between milan in the north and palermo,sicily, in the south is about 550 miles. in the united states, the distance betweenboston, massachusetts, and savannah, georgia, is about 900 miles. do you think the american revolutionaries of 1776 in the 13 colonies faced some of the same challenges as the patriots who struggled for italian unity in the 1860s?  

How does wards description of the roman government compare to polybius description in sorce 1 and millars description in source 2

What is the orthodox interpretation of why the cold war started