It was the french revolutionary war
The government of illinois were scared of the religion (scared of the unknown)
He used a telescope VENUS helped him to confirm it.
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The excerpt stresses the idea of a potentially tyrannical government if a bill of rights is not implemented, securing the natural rights of the subject (really just about rights and government). The idea is how the national government must not have excessive power over its people and threaten individual liberties.
Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia.
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