The Founders of the United States replaced the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution in part because of which problem with the confederal government structure? A There was too much power placed in the executive branch. B The states had trouble maintaining their unique identities. C There were too many restrictions on trade between states. D A weak central government did not have the power to tax the states.

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. she was a small woman, short and straight-waisted like a child in her brown cotton gown. her forehead was mild and benevolent between the smooth curves of gray hair; there were meek downward lines about her nose and mouth; but her eyes, fixed upon the old man, looked as if the meekness had been the result of her own will, never of the will of another. in at least one hundred words, explain how this excerpt uses explicit and implicit details to describe sarah penn.