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"This Constitution is said to have beautiful features, but... they appear to me horribly frightful.
.... Your
President may become king ... If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute!"
-Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Convention, June 1788
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
What concern about the Constitution is Patrick Henry expressing?
(1 point)
that a president would
• need to be ambitious to be successful in office
that the Constitution has established a monarchy
O that a president has been given too much power
.... Your
President may become king ... If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute!"
-Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Convention, June 1788
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
What concern about the Constitution is Patrick Henry expressing?
(1 point)
that a president would
• need to be ambitious to be successful in office
that the Constitution has established a monarchy
O that a president has been given too much power
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Patrick Henry is expressing the concern that a president has been given too much power. He warns that an ambitious and capable leader could easily become tyrannical or absolute, resembling a king.
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