Why do you think the colonists might have been afraid of a strong central government after their experience under the British?

Answer 1

I think there going to be afraid because they already had one bad experience with King George and they didn't want to go through the same thing with their own government.

Answer 2

Thus the colonists' representatives came up with the Articles of Confederation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation

But those were a bit too loose, so they came up with the US Constitution:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution