They used Paine's Common Sense to justify the American Revolution.
1. The political ideals of freedom and equality and the theory of their institutional realization.
2. The articulation and promotion of toleration of religious diversity as a virtue to be respected in a well ordered society.
D. freedom of speech for individuals and lawmakers
-people wanted to move because they wanted better lives. they faced dangerous journeys .
-they moved west because land was cheap or free and they thought they would do better business in the west .
-people who weren't making business or wasn't making any money, found the opportunities to move west to start everything all over again
