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The constitution

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of

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The United States

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of

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America

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In 1787,

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many Americans were concerned

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that the Articles of Confederation

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did not grant enough power

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to the central government

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to protect the rights of the people.

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“The peace of the whole,”

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argued Alexander Hamilton,

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“ought not to be left at the disposal of a part”

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(Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 80, 1788).