The correct answer is B, as the quote supports the States' rights to govern themselves.
Since the war against Great Britain was still going on, the settlers did not want to establish another powerful national government. With the zeal to protect its new independence, the Continental Congress created a weak unicameral structure that protected the freedom of the member states. Although Congress regulated monetary and military matters, the Articles had not designed any mechanism to make sure that each State complied with the troops and the money that was needed.
Answer:
C. So they could read the Bible.
Explanation:
It was important to the government of the New England colonies that children should learn to read so they could read the Bible.
In New England, everyone was religious and went to church.
Here was no profit in it for most northerners and it would provide a way for wage slaves to find opportunities somewhere besides in the north.
They wanted cheap labor and the west would slim the pickings provided by desparation and poverty .
