They were both very religious
They lost their work force. They had to fall back onto shared cropping. It would be like owning a business, then all of your employees quit and you are not allowed to hire any more
France can fit into the united states around 14 times
The Constitution was written to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity. (basically it's addressed in the very document itself, The Preamble)