Why did the middle class, especially merchants, tend to support the strengthening of central royal power?

a. they believed that a more unified government meant a more stable economic system
b. they believed that a more unified government meant a more accountable ruler
c. they believed that a more unified government meant a more democratic society
d. they believed that a more unified government meant more flexible cultural norms

explanation: j

in the 1800s, locomotives powered by steam made transportation faster and cheaper. the resulting rapid growth of railroads led to the connection of the atlantic and pacific railroad in oklahoma city in 1897.

in the last years of the century, the improvement of steam-based engines the expansion and growth of railroads. this growth increased when the companies started to build and expand, such as the atlantic and pacific railroad, which connected new mexico with california, and missouri with oklahoma. many of these new networks were built in oklahoma, and these changes transportation henceforward.

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