D.The author believed that taking advantage of possibilities had to be coupled with purpose and hard work.
It was the federal companies that built some of the first road of the nation.
Explanation:
Route 40 or the transnational road came into existence in 1811 as Jefferson and Washington had envisioned for modern roads to connect the whole nation.
This project was done over the next two decades.
These roads were not like the roads we have now whoever.
Those roads which are pave roads of concrete came into existence in 1909 and were mostly built by private companies in this century.
Even now only 70 percent of the roads in US are paved because of the rugged terrains in large parts of the country.
The Spanish conquistadors sailed over the Atlantic to conquer Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
I don't think it should be taken at face value because those ways could be the main ways to earn money, but it could probably be the least reliable or successful ways. This sentence could just be a lie taken literaly in which has a hidden meaning. This could be a meaning that you might not get, in which will leave you ripped off.
