A is likely the closest to what a Federalist would say.
Federalists were concerned about what the new country would and would not be able to do.
One of the concerns was around national defense. Federalists believed that central government was the proper place for national defense.
With immigration rising in the 1820’s due to poor living conditions in Ireland. But the largest wave of Irish immigrations came after the Great Famine in 1845.
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The intented meaning behind Kaufman's use of understatement in relation to American drama is to show how the British act in serious situations. He is simply making fun of them and the way they behave. Kaufman is parodying British manners through the unconcerned characters.
The Plymouth Separatists cooperated with the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. Although the Puritans had originally hoped to purify and reform the Church of England, in New England they accepted the congregational form of church government established by the Pilgrims.
