Why did the Incan rulers build their network of roads? to give merchants routes with which to trade goods
to provide the common people with easy passage
to allow the army to travel swiftly to quell rebellions
to give farmers a way to take their food to market

What was the national government’s biggest concern if facing a war, under the articles of confederation? the national government had no national military. the country had grown too large to defend with a small army. the states would not back the federal government. there was no way the states would pay for fighting a war.