give me 2 examples of why did americans want to make sure that the u. s. constitution limited the powers held by the american government?

Evidently, the framers were afraid that too strong a central government would easily bring about autocracy. In order to restrict the authority of the central government, the framers wanted to make it clear in the Constitution that certain powers were emphatically denied to the Federal Government.

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answer d to the question

a and b because with the other three, they simplify to something else.