Thomas jefferson, john adams, and benjamin franklin believed that citizens in the new republic must

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin believed that society was best served by placing reason above desire. The leaders believed in following a sober approach when dealing with matters particularly those of national importance to avoid emotions taking over which could lead to bad decisions.

each American household was a smaller version of society. (APEX class ;)

map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. for example, on a 1: 100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.