Question

threatened by popular political victories in the states and widespread resistance, many elite pennsylvanians launched an effort to remake the state and national governments so that they were less democratic. popular policies and resistance threatened elite ideals. popular calls for a revaluation of war - debt certificates, bans on for - profit corporations, progressive taxation, limits on land speculation, and every other measure designed to make property more equal promised to take wealth away from the elite. it was also threatening that popular politics frightened off potential european investors. they were alarmed by the pennsylvania legislatures 1785 cancellation of the bank of north americas corporate charter. the push for the constitution was based in part on the belief that state governments across the new nation had been too democratic and, as a result, had produced policies that threatened elite interests. most of the men who assembled at the constitutional convention in philadelphia in 1787 were also convinced that the national government under the articles of confederation was too weak to counter the rising tide of democracy in the states. terry bouton, historian, taming democracy: the people, the founders, and the troubled ending of the american revolution, 2007. 1 mark for review the relationship established between the federal government and the states under the united states constitution was a long - term response to which of the following earlier developments? a the claims of parliamentary authority over colonial legislatures b george washingtons warning against the formation of permanent alliances c frontier conflicts between native americans and british colonists d democratic - republican opposition to alexander hamiltons economic policies

Explanation:

The push for the US Constitution was in part due to concerns that state - level democracy was too strong and threatened elite interests. The claims of parliamentary authority over colonial legislatures led to a desire for a more balanced system that could protect against excessive state - level democracy. The other options (Washington's warning, frontier conflicts, and opposition to Hamilton's policies) are not directly related to the long - term response in terms of the federal - state relationship established by the Constitution.

Answer:

A. The claims of parliamentary authority over colonial legislatures