what is better, a stronger state with a weak national government or weaker states with a strong national government. explain why?

A stronger state with a weaker national government

Explanation:

Just look at history, when the national government has too much power things get bad. This is why there systems such as checks and balances in the U.S government so the power is shared, one branch doesn't have power over the other two. This keeps the national government in the hands of the people and not dictators.  

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation:

the option which was not a function of missionaries in the northwest was the first one - they established posts for trading furs and other goods.

missionaries were sent around the world to spread religion and their knowledge and others - they were not merchants who sold furs and other goods.