Answer:
The central government and the states owed huge debts to European countries and investors. Without the power to tax, and with no power to make trade between the states and other countries viable, the United States was in an economic mess by 1787.
Explanation:
Local rfoads, not interstate highways
Yes, technically it is true that the Byzantine emperor, who believed that Muslims posed a threat to Christian Constantinople, requested help from Europe, although he mostly dealt with them himself.