All of the following were weaknesses of the confederate states of america except:
a. the ultimate authority lay with the states and not the national government
b. its bicameral legislature
c. the executive branch had more power than legislative and judicial branches
d. lack of cooperation from the states in collecting funds for the treasury

pope john paul ii ( his real name is karol wojtyla) and lech walesa ( the leader of the solidarity movement ) were both born in poland.

when in doubt choose c

it's what my teacher told my class when we were going into psats

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.