The Puritans believed that God had been protecting them in their journey and all success was attributed to God's grace and plan for the group. Puritans believed that they were graced by God and were meant to create a great new settlement. This belief inspired the words "city upon a hill" stated by Puritan leader John Winthrop. "City upon on a hill" was the statement that the Puritans were meant to be a model to the world on how to create a moral and value-based society. God's protection for the journey as well as in periods of starvation and war with Native Americans proved that they were meant to be a model and were blessed by God.
The Gadsden Purchase enabled the United States to "B. Increasecrop production in the Southwest," since this was a purchase of relatively fertile land in the region.
