Which of the following was a problem posed by the resistance of New York and Virginia to ratification?

a. Most of the delegates at the Constitutional Convention were from these states.
b. Without these two states, the nation would be divided into three separate parts.
c. Both states had close ties to Britain.
d. The Constitution required the participation of at least one of these states.
e. The nation’s most prominent political figures, and potential presidential candidates, lived in these two states.


ANS: B

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