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."