Answer:
D. by offering equality under the law to all citizens.
Explanation:
The 14th Amendment is a statute that grants American citizenship to people born or naturalized in the U.S., gives them the right to due process and equal protection under the laws, and prohibits states from abridging “the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.” In theory, its ratification expanded civil rights protection by offering equality under the law to all citizens. In reality, however, not all citizens were treated fairly and equal under the law.
u forgot to put option i guess
It eroded it because the colonists were forced to fight the French on the American territories. They didn't want to do this because the French were good trading partners and the colonists had good relations with them, so they became unsatisfied that they were drawn into a war that was against their well being by the British.
