Patrick Henry is expressing the concern that a president has been given too much power. He warns that a president could easily become absolute or tyrannical, likening the role to that of a king if the individual in the office is ambitious and capable.
"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 1788QuestionUse the excerpt to answer the question.What concern about the Constitution is Patrick Henry expressing?(1 point)Responsesthat a president would need to be ambitious to be successful in officethat a president would need to be ambitious to be successful in officethat the Constitution has established a monarchythat the Constitution has established a monarchythat a president has been given too much powerthat a president has been given too much powerthat the Constitution establishes a weak central governmentthat the Constitution establishes a weak central government
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The correct response is: that a president has been given too much power.