Answer:
B. lack of a legislative branch
Explanation:
the President had ambiguous formal powers and i believe this was due to not keeping the president in check
The newspaper mail provided the news to the colonist.
Columbus believed he had reached Asia when he had traveled less than halfway there because geographical knowledge at the time was limited. They believed if they sailed West they would reach Asia by sea but actually ended up in the Americas. He thought the world was smaller than it actually was.