Because they wanted to protect people's liberties. also because they wanted to ensure the rights of the people and that they were protected from the government.
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was called to revise the ailing Articles of Confederation. However, the Convention soon abandoned the Articles, drafting a new Constitution with a much stronger national government. Nine states had to approve the Constitution before it could go into effect.
Um segundo grupo de colonos estabeleceu a Colônia da Baía de Massachusetts em 1629. Este grupo foi o dos puritanos, que buscava reformar a Igreja Anglicana através da criação de uma nova e pura igreja no Novo Mundo.
