Question

"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?
that a president would need to be ambitious to be
successful in office
that the Constitution has established a monarchy
that a president has been given too much power
that the Constitution establishes a weak central
government

Answer 1

Patrick Henry is expressing the concern that a president has been given too much power. He warns that a president, if ambitious and capable, could easily become absolute or akin to a king, indicating his fear of a potential concentration of power in the hands of the executive branch.