Question

In 1831, the political theorist __________ observed that Americans liked to form groups and join associations as a

way of participating in community and political life.
a. Alexis de Tocqueville
b. David Hume
c. Immanuel Kant
d. Niccolò Machiavelli
e. Thomas Hobbes

Answer 1

a. Alexis de Tocqueville.

Step-by-step explanation:

Alexis de Tocqueville was a French official sent to America to study the prison system. He instead dedicated most of his time to study the American Society.

He found that the American colonies, republican democracy was succeeding. According to Tocqueville, this was because the colonies were more or less egalitarian: many farmers owned their land, and there were ample opportunities for economic growth because of the openness to trade.

Answer 2

Answer: option A is right

Step-by-step explanation:

Alexis de Tocqueville was born in 1805 on the 29th of July In Paris, France. He was a politician, an historian and a political analyst.

Alexis de Tocqueville was a great-grandson of Chretien de Merlesherbes(who was a statement). Chreten( born in 1721, died in '94) was a liberal aristocratic victim of of the French Revolution.

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville observed that Americans liked to form groups and join associations as a way of participating in community and political life.

Alexis de Tocqueville died at the age of fifty- three(53) on April 16, 1859 in Cannes, France.

Alexis was best known for his fourth volume of DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA.