The need to foster allegiances between all the states was recognized by Madison and Hamilton, among others, during its burgeoning independence from England by the United States.(A) The need to foster allegiances between all the states was recognized by Madison and Hamilton, among others, during
its burgeoning independence from England by the United States.
The pronoun "its" doesn't have an antecedent. The sentence construction is flawed.(B) The need to foster allegiances was recognized by Madison and Hamilton, among others,
between all the states during their burgeoning independence from England.
The use of between is wrong; between can't be used for more than two; among must be used.(C) During the United States’ burgeoning independence from England, Madison and Hamilton, among others, recognized the need to foster allegiances among all the states.
This sentence doesn't use a pronoun without an antecedent, everything is parallel, among is used. This looks like the winner.(D) During the United States’ burgeoning independence from England,
among others, Madison and Hamilton recognized the need to foster allegiances among all the states.
"Among others" is placed in a flawed position. It should come after Madison and Hamilton.(E) The need recognized by Madison and Hamilton, among others, was to foster allegiances among all the states during their burgeoning independence from England.
The sentence positioning is flawed.It looks like C is the winner.