The israelites consider canaan to be the promised land because they believed that

The Israelites consider Canaan to be the Promised Land because they believed that this land was the one God promised them. For them, Canaan was the place where they would eventually return after being scattered every since the destruction of the Temple. And finally their hopes were fulfilled when the state of Israel was established in  1948.

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.

c. troops marched forward in close formation against newer, more accurate weapons