MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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poor farmers’ worries about taxes.
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a system to limit the powers of government.
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the need for a stronger national government.
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Southern planters’ reliance on slavery.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many delegates believed that the federal government should be able to overrule state laws, but others feared that a strong federal government would oppress their citizens. The delegates compromised by allotting specific responsibilities to the federal government while delegating all other functions to the states.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention decide the nation needed a strong central government? They knew the Articles of Confederation had failed because it did not have a strong central government. They also knew that the states needed to be unified into one nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -The delegates included many of the leading figures of the period. Among them were George Washington, who was elected to preside, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, James Wilson, John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Oliver Ellsworth, and Gouverneur Morris.
Detailed explanation-4: -The delegates for a strong national government believed that a strong national government would endanger the rights of states. The delegates for stronger state governments believed that a strong national government would threaten individual liberty.