Which of the following describes the context of "the crisis"?
a. the american colonists had defeated britain in many of the early battles of american revolution
b. the british are losing early in the french and indian war
c. the american colonists had lost many of the early battles in the war with britain
d. the young usa is being threatened by the whisky rebellion

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.

c. troops marched forward in close formation against newer, more accurate weapons