To show that the parents do not always see their children accurately! I did this in middle school so I'm pretty sure this is the answer.
During the war, we had declared our independence and established the Articles of Confederation. This document was weak and gave the states too many rights and no power to the national government. There was no power to tax, no set currency, no executive. We had an army, but no way to pay for it. We owed money to the countries that helped us and to the colonists that fought in the war. Shay's Rebellion proved how weak the Articles were. Men came back from the war wanting to be paid for their time in the army. Then the colonies wanted these farmers to pay taxes, we owed them money yet we were asking them for money. This was a problem.
Answer:
Assuring that the harms of the British Government wouldn't be repeated
Explanation:
I assume you mean the American Revolution by back then, and the reason that freedom of religion was so important (as well as many other Bill of Rights amendments) was to assure that the harms of the British Government (detailed in the Declaration of Independence) could not be repeated. Many people fled to America to escape the religious oppression of the Church of England, as it was both very strict on what religions were allowed and very closely entangled with the British Government, hence the separation of church and state in America.
Male heads of households held great power and could even kill their own children.
The Immigration Act of 1924 produced highly discriminatory results because it set a max on how many immigrants could come to the US depending on what country they came from.
For example, there were many more opportunities for citizens from countries like Germany, Great Britain, and Sweden in comparison to individuals from Italy or Russia. Here are some numbers to support this claim:
Germany's Quota (aka amount that could come into US)- 51,227
Great Britain and Northern Ireland's Quota- 34,0007
Sweden's Quota- 9,561
Italy's Quota- 3,845
Russia's Quota-2, 248.
