Answer:
A
Explanation:
They contended with economic hardships born out of rapidly declining farm prices, prohibitively high tariffs on items they needed to purchase, and foreign competition
As with everything, interpretations depend upon the reader. An example can be the Quakers who were religious and fought for abolition of slavery claiming that the constitution stated itself that all people on Earth are equal since they were created by God, the creator. The founding fathers, however, believed that slaves cannot be people and that they are 3/5 of a regular human being, so equality does not apply to them.
Their lack of a good trading system. Since they had no Beasts of Burden (Camals) they couldn’t transfer their goods to any trading port.
Another problem was that there rulers after were terrible and did nothing but strengthen the army