The same subject continued: concerning dangers from foreign force and influence. for the independent journal.. author: john jay. to the people of the state of new york: . it is not a new observation that the people of any country (if, like the americans, intelligent and well informed) seldom adopt and steadily persevere for many years in an erroneous opinion respecting their interests. that consideration naturally tends to create great respect for the high opinion which the people of america have so long and uniformly entertained of the importance of their continuing firmly united under one federal government, vested with sufficient powers for all general and national purposes. based on the excerpt, jay thinks americans would a. be embarassed by the federal government. b. stop doing something they thought was wrong. c. benefit from divided government. d. want to live in other countries.

Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.