The articles gave very little power to the central government and more to the states. Therefore, when the government leaders were trying fix the articles, they really had no power to. That is why, when the leaders had the Constitutional Convention, instead of changing the articles, they had to completely throw out the articles and start over.
They passed the intolerable acts to punish Boston for the tea party.
The correct answer is <em>C.</em> To protect the individual rights of the people.
The Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution two years after it went to effect. The purpose was to have a list of people's rights explicitly mentioned in the Constitution that must protect the citizens of the United States.
The Bill of Rights was passed by the <em>House of Representatives</em> in 1789 and officially accepted as an amendment on December 15th, 1791.
Answer:
B) desire to expand their empire and maybe C) making money
Explanation:
Back then Spain and England were competing to see who's empire can be the biggest. In order to have a big empire they needed to explore and conquer. While doing so they got a lot of new things and raw materials to help back home. Besides trying to make their empire expand. They traded and made money with other countries in exchange of raw materials. I hope this helped.
