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While the public's fear of foreign involvements in continental North America may have concurred with Polk's agenda, the war he fought against Mexico that began in May 1846 and concluded in February 1848 sparked widespread criticism throughout political, journalistic, and literary circles in addition to strong support. Following the annexation of Texas, the Mexican government had severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. Polk subsequently sent an envoy, former Louisiana congressman John Slidell, to Mexico to try to resolve disputes over the Texas boundary and over damages that the Mexican government owed to U.S. citizens but could not pay. Polk instructed Slidell to make an offer that the U.S. would pay off Mexico's debt in order to acquire "Upper California and New Mexico" and would spend as much as $40 million to purchase the land.
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The House of Burgesses<span> was the first democratically-elected legislative body in the British American colonies.</span>
The MOST likely reason Puritans decided to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony in <em>1620</em> was because of "religious freedom."
This is evident the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop, claimed that the group of Protestants was settling on "a city upon a hill,” which was considered a new English Israel.
The Puritan groups would later settle in other areas such as New Haven Colony, the Connecticut Colony, and Rhode Island.
Hence, in this case, it is concluded that the correct answer is option C. "Religious freedom."
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