The correct answer to this open question is the following.
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The Enlightenment ideas that are reflected in important documents such as the Declaration of Independence are "natural rights," "equality," "popular sovereignty," and "the separation of powers."
Brilliant thinkers and philosophers such as Baron de Montesquiou, Jean-Jaques Rosseau, Voltaire, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke, influenced the founding fathers of the United States with their novel ideas about government, society, and citizenship.
Answer:
There is scarcely anything that can wound the pride or degrade the character of an independent nation which we do not experience
Explanation:
This is an excerpt from Alexander Hamilton's Federalist No.15 essay, titled, "The insufficiency of the present confederation to preserve the union". Here he explains the "material imperfections" of the articles of confederation and how it has failed to govern the United States effectively.
The long wait on angel island took place in America within the period of 1920s. The story depict the struggle of chinese immigrants who fought to escape communism and find a new opportunity on the freedom land.
This writing is considered a historical fiction because it does not provide any concrete evidences of it's actually happened.
I think the answer is A like the first one.
