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Let us see what will be the consequences of not authorizing the federal government to regulate the trade of the states. Besides the want [lack] of revenue and of power, besides the immediate risk to our independence, the dangers of all the future evils of a precarious Union... There is something noble and magnificent in the perspective of a great federal republic, closely linked in the pursuit of common interest-tranquil and prosperous at home, respectable abroad. But there is something proportionably diminutive and contemptible in the prospect of a number of petty states, with the appearance only of union." Alexander Hamilton, "Arguments for Increasing the Power of the Federal Government, July 1782

1.Hamilton's comment that "there is something proportionably diminutive and contemptible in the prospect of a number of petty states, with the appearance only of union" is most directly a criticism of
A. the British form of government
B. the ideals of the Enlightenment
C. the Declaration of Independence
D. the Articles of Confederation

2.Hamilton's comments in the excerpt were similar to his concerns about
(A) the rapid expansion by settlers onto the lands of American Indians
(B) the slowness of the negotiations over the Treaty of Paris
(C) the need to repay state debts after the Revolutionary War
(D) the importance of passing the Northwest Ordinance

3. This excerpt provides support for the argument that Hamilton believed that's the Article's of Confederation should be
(A) kept as they are because they were working well
(B) amended to protect the rights of states better
(C) discarded so states could act independently
(D) replaced with a new constitution
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