To the People of the State of New York:

IT IS not a new observation that the people of any country (if, like the Americans, intelligent and well informed) seldom adopt and steadily persevere for many years in an erroneous opinion respecting their interests. That consideration naturally tends to create great respect for the high opinion which the people of America have so long and uniformly entertained of the importance of their continuing firmly united under one federal government, vested with sufficient powers for all general and national purposes.

Which of these phrases from the excerpt does Jay use to describe the American government?

A. Intelligent and well informed

B. Uniformly entertained

C. Erroneous opinion

D. Vested with sufficient powers

The federalist is a book by John Jay and is a collection of articles and essays. Jay describes the American government with sufficient powers in the excerpt.

What is a federalist?

Federalists are the people that believe in the constitution and are strong national republics. Jay was also a federalist and supported the centralized form of government.

He along with Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison wrote the Federalist, which is a collection of essays and articles that promotes the ratification of the American constitution.

Therefore, the excerpt explains option D. sufficient powers of the American government.

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