The answer is D. Purtians. Purtians were one of the first religious groups in the New American Colonies. By the 1670s however, the stern religious rules of the original puritians had less influence over New England. Other religious groups had broken off from the Puritians by this time and this was one of the reason they were less influencial.
That is a good question.The answer to that is limitless as well. We had one main goal though when we started our nation. That was to create a nation that was not like England. Recently there was the election for our president. We have our elections so that we the people have a vote in what is going on with our nation where as when there was a king we had no choice.