Because they were the lowest class and didn't have a fair vote
B is the correct answer.
To become the Chair of a committee in Congress, you really just need to stay on the Committee for the longest and have your party win control of the House.
Answer: The Fenian Irish-American veterans of the American Civil War hoped to conquer Canada and trade it for Irish independence from Britain. Instead, Britain's North American colonies united against them in mutual defence, thereby contributing to the achievement of Confederation.