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It was more limited and restricted to clergy and nobility.
In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, religion and government were profoundly tangled and only proven devoted Puritans were allowed to partake in governmental affairs, actually creating a theocracy (government administered by religious officials who impose religious beliefs). The Puritans were extremely intolerant of other religions and constantly persecuted other religious views, principally Quakers.  
 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
I’m assuming you’re doing the american revolutionary war...
The revolutionary war was caused by numerous factors, such as the direct taxation, prohibition of settling westward, and the Boston Massacre, all of which drove colonist to rebel against Britain
        
             
        
        
        
C. A Union General. 
He was a general and commander of the Union armies during the late years of the Civil War. 
        
                    
             
        
        
        
If you mean edible, its something you eat
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Paine, along with many revolutionaries of the period, viewed government as being inherently limited, in the sense that it was meant to serve the people and not the other way around. That's why he wrote "common sense" which talked about the absurdity of British rule over the colonies.