Madison believes that in a nation with a large population, factions would have less power in a republican government because
a. the citizenry is too spread out to form factions
b. with a large population, factions could not gain overwhelming power
c. it's unlikely a majority of a large population would agree on issues
d. states have far smaller populations than the country as a whole

I believe the answer is: D. states have far smaller populations than the country as a whole

Factions is formed when a group of people in a certain area gather together to execute their own plan which might oppose the rule of the federal government. In a large population, the population is too spread out even if a factions if formed, it could easily be override by other population in different area.

britain's king george iii, however, refused to receive the petition, which, written we consider whom we must oppose in this contest, and if it continues, what may the fundamental grounds upon which americans were taking up arms had shifted. that king george refused to so much as receive the

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years