Scholars disagree on the motives of the Founders in writing the U.S.Constitution as they did, but a prominent argument about their primary goal is that they wanted to devise a system
A)consistent with the dominant philosophical and moral principles of the day, while also promoting commerce and protecting private property from radical state legislatures.
B)of direct democracy that maximized popular sovereignty.
C)that concentrated authority in one branch of government.
D)that ended slavery.

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Many scholars argue that the Founders wrote the Constitution to create a system that reflected the Enlightenment ideas of the time, including natural rights, limited government, and the separation of powers. At the same time, they were concerned about protecting property rights and promoting commerce, which often put them at odds with state legislatures that they saw as too radical.

Scholars Disagree on the Motives of the Founders in Writing