Read the passage from the Louisiana State Constitution of 1812. We, the Representatives of the People of all that part of the Territory or country ceded under the name of Louisiana, by the treaty made at Paris, on the 30th day of April 1803, between the United States and France . . . . In order to secure to all the citizens thereof the enjoyment of the right of Life, Liberty and property, do ordain and establish the following constitution or form of government, and do mutually agree with each other to form ourselves into a free and independent State, by the name of the State of Louisiana.

–Constitution of Louisiana, 1812

Whose words and ideas does this document represent?

the federal government of the United States
the total population of the United States
the delegates standing in for Louisianans
the population of all western territories