Why did Connecticut and Rhode Island draft constitutions many years after the other eleven states?
a. They were not confident that independence would last.
b. Their original constitutions were acceptable because they had not had royal governors.
c. They could not reach a consensus at their state conventions.
d. They were too preoccupied with their obligations to the national constitution.
e. They preferred to operate without formal constitutions.
ANS: B
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