2.) Based on this excerpt, which statement best describes the Federalist view of the proposed Constitution? Use the excerpt from The Federalist essays to answer the question. [A] people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who . . . have nobly established general liberty and independence. This country and this people seem to have been made for each other . . . united to each other by the strongest ties. should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties. --The Federalist No. 2 , John Jay