c. led by a secular president who has more power than the religious supreme leader
Answer: The French
Explanation: Over the years the French and English fought for control of the region. England finally gained control at the end of the French and Indian War in 1763. Maine was part of Massachusetts during the American Revolution.
The Articles of Confederation was enacted in 1781, the time when the whole country was under the loose confederation of states, where all states working like autonomous countries.
The federal government was composed of a single legislature, The Congress there was neither a president nor judicial branch. The central government, under the Articles, was proved to be too weak to impose their rules and regulations and therefore had no authority. Due to these issues, delegates created a new plan in 1787 convention, for a powerful federal government with three branches i.e executive, legislative and judicial followed by the system of checks and balances to assure that no single branch could exercise too much authority.
C. Chronological structure only
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