The successes of the Scientific Revolution gave people the confidence that human reason could solve social problems. During the Enlightenment, people began to question openly their religious beliefs and the teachings of the church.
Cheap land for growing crops, plentiful food sources, and GOLD
To decrease immigration to the U.S. from central America
Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." FEDERALISM
