What country was the greatest power in europe up to the middle of the sixteenth century?

What is the main idea of this excerpt

Plz which of the following statements about the fugitive slave act of 1850 is not accurate? a. marshals you refuse to arrest a suspected fugitive could be find $1000. b. slave owners had to present evidence an african-american in the north was a fugitive slave. c. any person who provided food or shelter to a fugitive slave could be find $1000 and placed in jail for six months. d. it required of federal marshals to arrest any african-american suspected of being a runaway slave.

What is one important quote from each of the following philosophers and what do they each mean? thomas hobbes, john locke, and baron de montesquieu