Why did columbus think he had reached asia when he landed in the americas?   a. the land looked like the pictures he had of asia. b. his instruments indicated that his location was 120° w longitude.   c. he believed the indians who told him that he had reached asia. d. he miscalculated the size of the earth by more than half.

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.