How Did Americans Tend to Describe Their Nation During the Era

How did Americans tend to describe their nation during the era of the Revolution?

A) as an "empire governed by force" in the spirit of the most powerful European empires that had preceded it
B) as a "perpetual union" that, although currently much smaller in size than Great Britain, Spain, and France, was united by ideas
C) as a "city upon a hill," with the American population consisting almost entirely of English Puritans
D) as a "rising empire," destined to populate and control the entire North American continent
E) as a "site of nationalism above all," defined by a national patriotism that no longer had any room for local loyalties