“They saw … only the lust of ambitious men for a "splendid empire" that, in the time-honored way of empires, would oppress the people with taxes, conscription, and military campaigns. Uncertain that any government over so vast a domain as the United States could be controlled by the people, {they} saw in the enlarged powers of the general government only the familiar threats to the rights and liberties of the people.”
-- Ralph Ketcham, Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted, 1990
The quote above best describes the attitude of …
“They saw … only the lust of ambitious men for a "splendid empire" that, in the time-honored way of empires, would oppress the people with taxes, conscription, and military campaigns. Uncertain that any government over so vast a domain as the United States could be controlled by the people, {they} saw in the enlarged powers of the general government only the familiar threats to the rights and liberties of the people.”
-- Ralph Ketcham, Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted, 1990
The quote above best describes the attitude of …
The representatives of the state legislatures calling for the Constitutional Convention in 1787
The representatives of the Continental Congress who drafted and supported the Articles of Confederation
The delegates to the Second Continental Congress who drafted the Declaration of Independence
The officers of the Continental Army who participated in the Newburgh Conspiracy