c.
He was to establish and train a local army responsible their own protection.
Explanation:
General Douglas MacArthur's father, Lieutenant-General Arthur MacArthur, was appointed as Governor of The Philippines after Douglas graduated from West Point. At the time Douglas MacArthur met and befriended Manuel L. Quezon, future president of The Philippines. In 1935, president Quezon invited General MacArthur to The Philippines in order to create a national army as part of the process of independence of the country.
Answer: China's humiliating defeats to the British and French and giving concessions showed that the Chinese empire was slowly crumbling. A group of Han Chinese nationalist had enough with the weak Manchus in power and rose up to restore the greatness of the Chinese Empire as a heavenly kingdom.
I believe the answer is B. The states had too much power and the government was too weak, therefore they abolished it so the central government could have more power.
