Patrick Henry is expressing the concern that a president has been given too much power. He warns that if a president is ambitious and capable, he could easily render himself absolute, which implies a potential for tyranny or autocratic rule, reminiscent of a monarchy.
Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Convention, June 1788: "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!" Question Use the excerpt to answer the question. What concern about the Constitution is Patrick Henry expressing? (1 point) Responses that a president has been given too much power that a president has been given too much power that a president would need to be ambitious to be successful in office that a president would need to be ambitious to be successful in office that the Constitution has established a monarchy that the Constitution has established a monarchy that the Constitution establishes a weak central government
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