He wanted it to be used against Japan.
A - the citizens elect people to represent them in government.
In a republic the power is held by the people or who they elect - not a monarch (king) or small group of people, or even parole.
The main way in which Puritan beliefs affected government in New England during the 1600s was that they had an incredibly strong work ethic, meaning that the government championed hard work and was highly intolerant of laziness.
