Well i'm not sure if you're looking for a certain word but another synonym for united is joined or together and so on i would look in a thesaurus <span />
Evidence (B.) is the answer
Answer:
C
Explanation:
I believe its C because the author stated that the governor was ir·re·spon·si·ble, the definition for ir·re·spon·si·ble is not showing a proper sense of responsibility.