In the Renaissance, humanism was reborn, following the classic teachings of ancient Greece, where the point is on human nature, naturism. Perspective and light are used to show human nature in realistic proportions. This creates a Renaissance art, which is completely different from the medieval church art. In addition, the teaching of the Church is neglected, emphasizing the medieval church view of the world as dark. The Theory of Geocentricity, represented by the Church, is rejected, and within the science there are new theories about the movement in the cosmos, advocating the Heliocentric system. Science is developing at all, and emphasizes the secularist approach to life, enlightenment, education, and democracy, whose roots are drawn from ancient Greece, and ideas about democratic governance, derived from the Enlightenment movement, are set.
Two of the most important factors in encouraging western settlement in the US were 1) extremely cheap or sometimes even free land in the west, and 2) events like the Gold Rush, which made settlers think they could get rich quickly.
A. To ensure that the government has little power as possible