Why did the republican isolationists refuse to ratify president wilson’s league of nations? they were angry about the president’s decision to take only one republican to the peace conference at versailles. they thought the league favored european colonization that would hamper the united states’ powers. they thought the league tied the united states to europe and their conflicts going against traditional us policies about international affairs. they were opposed to article 10 that could infringe upon the united states’ right to declare war and expand its territories.

The number (of legislative assemblies) ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a multitude. in all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. had every athenian citizen been a socrates, every athenian assembly would still have been a mob. 3 what does the excerpt suggest about federalists? a. they preferred the idea of direct democracy over that of representative democracy. b. they thought a bill of rights would give ordinary citizens too much power c. they believed that representatives were better able to vote on national issues than ordinary citizens were. d. they wanted to see a stricter test for those wishing to become americans.