"This Constitution is said to have beautiful features, but . . . they appear to me horribly frightful. . . . Your President may become king . . . If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute!"

Question

"This Constitution is said to have beautiful features, but . . . they appear to me horribly frightful. . . . Your President may become king . . . If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute!"

—Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Convention, June 1788
Question
Use the excerpt to answer the question.

What concern about the Constitution is Patrick Henry expressing?
(1 point)
Responses

that a president would need to be ambitious to be successful in office
that a president would need to be ambitious to be successful in office

that the Constitution has established a monarchy
that the Constitution has established a monarchy

that a president has been given too much power
that a president has been given too much power

that the Constitution establishes a weak central government
that the Constitution establishes a weak central government

Answer 1

that a president has been given too much power

Answer 2

The concern about the Constitution that Patrick Henry is expressing in the excerpt is that a president has been given too much power.

Answer 3

Patrick Henry is expressing concern about the Constitution establishing a monarchy. He states that the President may become king and emphasizes the ease with which a President with ambition and abilities could render himself absolute.