Paraphrase this paragraph. We would not want to see this continent restored to the
condition in which our forefathers found it. What good man
would prefer a country covered with forests and occupied by
a few thousand savages to our great Republic, studded with
cities, towns, and prosperous farms, decorated with art and
industry, occupied by more than 12,000,000 happy people,
and filled with all the blessings of liberty, civilization, and
religion?

the idealization of the rural landscape ; admiration for the beauty of nature ; focus on an individual's inner concerns

president thomas jefferson hoped that the embargo act of 1807 would the united states by demonstrating to britain and france their dependence on american goods, convincing them to respect american neutrality and stop impressing american seamen. instead, the act had a devastating effect on american trade.

the anwser is missions

no it wouldn't because yellow journalism would exaggerate in everything.