Question

Which statements would the author most likely agree with?

Answer 1

The author would most likely agree with option B. Citizens should trust leaders to act properly.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) citizens should trust leaders to act properly.

The statement that the author would most likely agree with is "citizens should trust leaders to act properly."

We are referring to an excerpt of the Antifederalist's papers, that antifederalists supporters wrote in opposition to the Federalist Papers that were written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison under the pseudonym of Publius.

The Antifederalists writers used their own pseudonyms. For instance, Robert Yates and Melancton Smith used "Brutus." Samuel Bryan used the pseudonym of "Centinel," and George Clinton used "Cato."