The First Amendment allows Americans to have basic freedoms, including speech, press, and assembly. Without these freedoms, we would not be able to live life as we do today. These freedoms enable us to express our opinions freely.
Because they didnt agree with what America was doing and was in disfavor of compromising their idea of slavery in the South ( where most slavery was).
It’s D. Hugh Glenn because he established a large trading company together in 1819