Iendeavored to prove that the language of the article relative to the establishment of the executive of this new government was vague and inexplicit, that the great powers of the president, connected with his duration in office would lead to oppression and ruin. the author of this statement most likely supports a. a federalist position. b. an anti-federalist position. c. the ratification of the constitution. d. a stronger central government.

B. an anti-federalist position.

Anti-federalists oppossed the creation of a stronger U. S. federal government, along with opposing the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. In this excerpt, the author is criticizing the article relative to the establishment of the new government, and he is fearful that the President might become too powerful. These fears are compatible with an anti-federalist position.

the effect of the ming leaders banning ships with more than two masts was that there was no further construction of ships masts, because there was a surplus. ming emperors disallowed foreign exploration

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation: