20 points! can somebody paraphrase this for me? columbus conceives of "the enterprise of the indies" but fails to convince king john ii of portugal to back the plan. wife felipa dies.

What eventually brought an end to the brook farm experiment? a.) george ripley ran out of money to fund it. b.) many former inhabitants spoke badly about it in the press. c.) a fire destroyed the central building of brook farm. d.) the experiment never recovered after a mass exodus of inhabitants in 1848.