Why is treason the only crime mentioned in the U.S. Constitution?
A) Because the legal codes of some colonies contained differing definitions of treason, the Constitution needed to provide a definition that ensured uniformity.
B) Because the legal codes of some colonies did not contain the crime of treason.
C) Because American colonists feared giving their central government the amount of power wielded by the English king.
D) All of these are reasons why treason is the only crime mentioned in the U.S. Constitution.
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