The answer to this question is A states fears of an over powerful national government
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States ('XIV Amendment') is one of the post-Civil War amendments, and includes, among others, the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause. It was proposed on June 13, 1866, and ratified on July 9, 1868.
The amendment provides a broad definition of national citizenship, which overrides the decision of Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857), who had excluded slaves and their descendants, from possessing constitutional rights. It requires states to provide equal protection before the law to all persons (not just citizens) within their jurisdictions. The importance of the Fourteenth Amendment was exemplified when it was interpreted to prohibit racial segregation in public schools in the Brown v. Case. Board of Education.
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However, feudalism decline mainly begun when feudal lords were allowed to pay armies rather than fight themselves in the battles. More also, the black death made labor scarce and worthy commodity, at the same time when the peasants migrated to urban areas. Emergence of new towns, and trade opportunities also entrenched the kings powers and made the government centralized. other factors included the crusades and the age of exploration.
Declaration of Independence, they were English territories before that.
