Read these sentences from the passage.
The youngest representative in the group, Madison attended the congress
meetings for four years beginning in 1780. He helped make many critical
decisions during these meetings. Meanwhile, his friend Thomas Jefferson
only attended congress for about two years.
Why does the author most likely include these lines in the passage?
O to suggest that Madison did more than Jefferson
O to describe the decisions made by leaders of the past
to compare leaders from long ago with leaders today
O to show that Madison and Jefferson were friends
