Why did many leaders want to replace the articles of confederation?
a. they believed states needed more power.
b. they wanted a stronger central government and a chief executive with powers.
c. they wanted a smaller central government.
d. they could not pay the high taxes under the articles of confederation.

Many leaders wanted to replace the Articles of Confederation because b) they wanted a stronger central government and a chief executive with powers. The Articles of Confederation is defined as "an agreement among all thirteen original states in the United States of America that served as its first constitution."

You don’t list any options but the one that frets overspending and the consequences of that.