PLEASE HURRY 100 POINTS
The fate of this question and of America may depend on this: Have they said, we, the States? Have they made a proposal of a compact between states? If they had, this would be a confederation: It is otherwise most clearly a consolidated government. The question turns, Sir, on that poor little thing—the expression, We, the people, instead of the States, of America. . . . The people have no right to enter into leagues, alliances, or confederations: They are not the proper agents for this purpose: States and sovereign powers are the only proper agents for this kind of Government. . . . I see great jeopardy in this new Government.
—Patrick Henry,
5 June 1787
Based on this excerpt from Henry’s speech, why did he oppose the new government?
It gave too little power to Congress.
It gave too little power to the federal government.
It gave too little power to the people.
It gave too little power to the states.
