The United States is too large to have a central government. People won’t know their leaders and will lose control over the government.

The Constitution forbids creating titles of nobility like “Duke” or “King,” so the government will always belong to the people.

The Supreme Court is the weakest branch of government because it doesn’t control the military and can’t pass laws.

The Constitution already contains a few rights, so we may as well add a whole Bill of Rights.

The Constitution creates a Supreme Court that is too powerful because the judges don’t answer to anyone.

A strong President is necessary to protect the country against foreign attack and make sure laws are carried out properly.

The President created by the Constitution is really just a king.

The Constitution gives the federal government just a few powers that are very well defined.

Nothing in the Constitution says the federal government has power to limit peoples’ freedoms in the first place.

The Constitution says federal laws are “the supreme law of the land,” so the federal government could just take complete control.

The Constitution contains no Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties like freedom of speech, trial by jury, and the right against searches and seizures.

It will not be possible for the federal government to overpower the states, because the states are a necessary part of the federal government.

The Constitution gives the federal government enough power to overpower the states.

Anti-federalists, typically supported by the common people, were afraid of a strong government dominated by the wealthy.

The 3/5 Compromise was reached to end the debate between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan.

The founders established the Electoral College to elect the president because they did want "too much democracy".

Thomas Jefferson was a fan of Shay's Rebellion and the "tree of liberty being watered with the blood of patriots".

The federal government was granted the power to raise taxes under the Articles of Confederation.

Many other countries have copied the "American style of government".