They were trying to make the country better
B Samuel Morse because he made the "Morse Code" and he wanted to make it wireless too I assume
Well there are two ways of really explaining this, but "The Common Good" by definition is something that benefits or interests of everyone.
The political term, is literally the same thing; "What is shared and beneficial for most members of a given community"
Hope this is the answer you are searching for.
English sailers were on a mission to find new land to live on. They were tired of England’s monarchy because during those times to be wealthy or participate in government you had to be born into it (monarchy/aristocrats). English men thought of a new idea named Democracy and it needed a society to be tested in. These Englishmen (Christopher Columbus) fell upon North America believing they “discovered it” even though there were already Natives living there. He colonized America because it was a huge piece of land bigger than England and in my opinion he was simply jealous and wanted white people to have the America land. So Christopher got all his white counterparts to colonize America.....