The document which stated that the colonists were ready to "die freemen rather than to live as slaves" is B. The Declaration of Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms. This document was set forth by Congress on July 6, 1775 against British authority in American colonies. This Declaration explained the reason that made the thirteen colonies take up arms in the American Revolutionary War. The colonists rejected policies such as taxation without representation and coercive acts, as well as the declaratory act.
rhode island was founded as liberal colony, having religious and political freedom, and while massachusetts was founded with that freedom intended, it ended up being founded under a royal charter anyways.
The reasons of the rise of nativism in the 1920s and 19030s were the increase of immigrants, the call of the citizens arguing the loss of access to opportunities and the bigger difficulties they suffered due to the competitive environment.