2.) based on this excerpt, which statement best describes the federalist view of the proposed constitution? use the excerpt from the federalist essays to answer the question. [a] people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who . . have nobly established general liberty and independence. this country and this people seem to have been made for each other . . united to each other by the strongest ties. should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties. --the federalist no. 2 , john jay