The ships were packed with supplies they thought would be most needed in this new land. Sponsors of the voyage hoped the venture would become an economic prize for England. ... England had signed a peace treaty with Spain, and was now looking westward to establish colonies along the northeastern seaboard of North America.

President nixon resigned from office in 1974 after he was informed that the senate would impeach him, as allowed in the constitution, for his actions in the watergate scandal. one of the key reasons that nixon’s actions became public was a) the freedom of press guaranteed by the first amendment. b) the right to confront witnesses as guaranteed by the sixth amendment. c) the limitation of judicial powers as defined in article 3 of the constitution. d) the prohibition against illegal search and seizure as guaranteed by the fourth amendment.