Patrick Henry is expressing the concern that a president has been given too much power. He fears that an ambitious and capable individual in the role of president could easily become absolute and potentially resemble a king.
"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 Question Use the excerpt to answer the question. What concern about the Constitution is Patrick Henry expressing? (1 point) Responses
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
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