Many post-revolutionary Americans favored a confederacy as their first form of government in large part because they felt that:

a. A confederacy provided an equal balance of state and federal power.
b. The country was too large and the states too different to be governed centrally.
c. Only a confederacy could provide the money and troops necessary for the United States to defend itself.
d. A confederacy was the form of government best suited to manage interstate trade.


b. The country was too large and the states too different to be governed centrally.

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