How did the people in the newly independent states set up governments once the Revolutionary War ended? A. Citizens in each state wrote state constitutions that established state legislatures, created rules for choosing state governors, and set up state judicial systems.

B. Citizens in all states helped to devise a single constitution that established a single national government, forbade the existence of individual state governments, and created a federal judicial system.

C. Citizens in some states created their own constitutions, while citizens in others states ceded all power over their affairs to the newly formed central government.

D. Citizens in each region created strong alliances with their neighbors and created sectional governments that sent representatives to work with the federal government.