Answer:
People believed that the government existed as the result of an agreement between the people and their leaders.
What steps they took were getting together, and protesting little things with one-another about the unfairness of how they are being treated. Alawys the first thing ANYBODY did to get equal rights was first getting together with people who felt the same way. :-)
The Northern United States was referred to as the Union, or Yankees.
The answer is A!! :D Hope this helped!!
