France had to give up its vision of a north american new france when a. its fishing industry faltered. b. farming proved to be unprofitable. c. king louis xiv died. d. it was defeated by the british in 1713 and 1763. e. it could not entice enough settlers to america.

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.

the right answer is d) a conference committee. it is a temporary panel formed by house and senate members in order to reconcile differences in legislation.