Use the excerpt below to answer the question that follows: "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 Based on the excerpt, what concern about the Constitution is Patrick Henry expressing? (1 point)

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Use the excerpt below to answer the question that follows: "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 Based on the excerpt, what concern about the Constitution is Patrick Henry expressing? (1 point) 
A that a president would need to be ambitious to be successful in office that 
B that the Constitution has established a monarchy 
C that a president has been given too much power 
D that the Constitution establishes a weak central government

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C that a president has been given too much power