The correct answer is number 2) Pilgrims.
The group that sought religious freedom in the New England colonies were the Pilgrims.
The Puritans and the Pilgrims came to North America to escape religious persecution. Puritans' and Pilgrims' ideas have had a major impact on the social norms of New England.
Both groups faced many problems in Britain because they had major differences with the Church of England. So they decided to travel to the Americas to find a place where they could live their religious principles with no persecution. They arrive in Massachusetts and founded the colony of Plymouth in 1620, and years later, the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629.
The major downfall of the Articles of Confederation was simply weakness. The federal government, under the Articles, was too weak to enforce their laws and therefore had no power. The Continental Congress had borrowed money to fight the Revolutionary War and could not repay their debts.
<span>The Monroe
Doctrine, in defending the rights of the emancipated and free colonies
of the entire American continent, was showing a position of support and
of "elder brother" of the rest of the new countries of America. In
defending the independent colonies, in front of the European and
colonial powers, the doctrine gave citizens a sense of the country's
strength, of great stability and of having sufficient capacity to face
the empires of Europe. <span>In addition to feeling a
confidence and security that his country, not only protected the
Americans, but helped the new nations that emerged, giving an optimistic
and encouraging to citizens.</span></span>
For decades prior to the Prohibition (i.e., the legal ban of alcoholic drinks) made possible by the Eighteen Amendment, different Christian churches and organizations had been objecting to the consumption of alcohol since they considered it as the source of most debauchery and moral decadence. Their goal was made clear to the federal government: alcohol should be completely banned in order to clean society up. An excise tax on alcohol would have been rejected by all the moralistic groups advocating for prohibition as a mild and ineffective measure
