The correct answer is: D. They believed that representatives were better able to vote on national issues than ordinary citizens were.
Explanation
The excerpt contrasts ancient democracies, that were characterized by tyranny and run by mobs, to the idea of a large government representation so as to demostrate that whenevever a group of people is assembled, no matter who is in it, they tend to make the wrong decisions, that is, decisions led by passion instead of reason as stated in the excerpt:
"<em>passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason".</em>
Moreover, Federalists wanted a strong national government, instead of granting the power to the states, and believed that only one person could represent 30.000 people.
In 907 the Tang dynasty was ended when Zhu Wen, now a military governor, deposed the last emperor of Tang, Emperor Ai of Tang, and took the throne for himself (known posthumously as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang). He established the Later Liang, which inaugurated the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
B) superior geographic knowledge of the region
The selective service act of selective draft act was enacted May 18, 1917 it <span> authorized the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through the compulsory enlistment of people.</span>
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