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The colonists didn't want a weak central government. They sought a central government with limits on its powers They didn't want a government that would act as a dictator, as the King of England did. Many colonists believed that if they had stronger state governments, more power would be vested in them. This led to the creation of the Articles of Confederation. the articles of confederation had many problems, so eventually the constitution was written. The colonists finally settled on a constitution that left all powers not granted to the central government, to the States.

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Colonists sought to develop a weak central government at the close of the Revolutionary war because they had fought to escape a monarchy and they feared that giving their own government too much power would create a new monarchy.

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They wantedequality throughout all of the states and didnt want states to be more powerful than others

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He was afraid a strong government would take total control and and we would have a king all over again

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