What gave them an advantage is economic prosperity due to rich soil and development of plantations based on slave labor. Many profit was accumulated from crops (tobacco) and also cotton. Later on in the 1800s when Eli Whitney created the cotton gin it created a boom in the slave industry and increased largely by 71%. After that the tool allowed mass production in textile industries.
The answer is A, too much power in the central government.
America
had just experienced the rule of a tyrannical leader. They were afraid
that if they gave the central government too much power, then they would
end up going through the same problems again. So they ended up giving
too much power to the states, and too little to the central government.
Later on they had to change the rule because nothing was working out
well. They owed other countries money and they figured that something
had to change.
Companies sell stock so they can raise capital.
So the company can afford new equipment, developing new markets, etc..
There’s no picture in your question
