The political affairs of foreign nations should concern Congress less than the issues we face at home. Which statement defines the authors bias on the topic of American political policy?

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

the correct answer is:

from context clues heliotrope is probably a flower.

a heliotrope are peruvian plants that have small purplish plants.

the passage can be best described as: "the british legislature extended an unwarranted jurisdiction".

we can say that because the text clearly states how the people of the colonies warned the british about their excessive desire to rule over them, without taking into consideration the difficulties their brothers had experienced in america: they struggled to establish the colonies, to adapt to new types of weather, fight with the natives, etc., and how they now see (or then saw) the only way out was to cut all ties with the british, since they ignored the people's petitions.