This passage is adapted from a letter written by thomas jefferson to james madison. it was originally written in 1785, when jefferson was residing in france.
Question 1 Jefferson’s central claim in the passage is that
(A) the current system of inheritance and ownership is unlikely ever to change.
(B) wealth should be redistributed in a way that benefits the majority of society.
(C) the unemployed should use their energies to work the land, rather than ask for money.
(D) everybody has the natural right to as much property as he or she thinks necessary.