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mabye the second answer the city of rome would be defenseless
The missing word is "Puglia" - it's an Italian region in the south, the "heel" of the boot. It specifies in the production of food, which it can do very effetively due to the fertility of its ground.
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The states wanted there own rules and didn’t want to follow what laws the government DID have. So they didn’t want the government to have any power so that they could run their own state how they wanted
A stronger central government was to maintain order and to build the newly formed USA.