Answer:
A. the passage of the Homestead Act
Explanation:
The homestead act encouraged Americans to move west in hopes of success through landownership.
Many members of the English gentry became willing to emigrate to the American colonies after the break with the Catholic church kept younger sons from having secure futures within <span>the Church.
In the past, they knew their sons' future was set within the church, but after there were major changes in religion in England, they were not so sure anymore, and thus decided to move to America.
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Cardinal Richelieu helped lay the foundation for Louis XIV absolute monarchy by initiating changes to the government that would increase power of the king, diminish the authority of nobility, and establish France as a world power. He was known as the first minister of France.
