The age of exploration was based on the idea of seeking for more wealth in the new world. Those who sought to explore the new world were looking for fame and the wealth that came with it. It was also founded on the search for religious freedom and curiosity.
If you meant France then it'd be B
It was primarily the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn who believed that tolerance was a great virtue, since he was a Quaker himself who had faced certain degrees of persecution
an expansion of settlement and growth in the western towns