Answer: Nicollo Machiavelli
Explanation: renaissance thinker. Machiavelli is not a medieval political thinker (as Dante Alighieri in his "Monarchy") anymore. His political thougths do not refer to metaphysical, divine realm. His political thought takes place in profane, secular realm.
Congress could only request that states pay taxes, but the states didn't have to pay them. So your answer is B. This caused the government to be unable to pay it's debts.
Paleontology is the study of fossils, According to science the neanderthals lived when the dinosaurs were still around. The best place to look would be in the ground, caves, and places they were known to inhabit at a point in time.
Correct Answer - He disagreed with the government's actions.