Why were so many colonists concerned about religious freedoms being protected

Because they or their parents had lost them.

Explanation:

The colonists in the thirteen American colonies were especially aware of the feeling of losing religious freedom because the primary motive for many in coming to the New World was to be able to worship freely.

The American colonies were certainly an economic venture, but they were also a safe haven for anyone who did not fit into the societal structure of the England of the 17th Century.

Groups of protestant christians like the Puritans fled to New England where they would have the freedom to practice their religion without being harassed and persecuted.

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.