Why Did Noah Webster Believe That Land Ownership Was Vital

Why did Noah Webster believe that land ownership was vital to society?

A) He opposed slavery and felt that if small farmers owned land, they would have the power to outvote slaveowners.
B) Owning land led to more freedom.
C) Land ownership would make people more conservative, and that would counteract any democratic impulses.
D) Government would have to encourage it, and Webster believed in an activist federal government.
E) Webster had lost his land to the new federal government to establish Indian reservations.