The Framers of the Constitution were supporters of the principle of Federalism because they believed it - A would give the Federal government the power it needed to establish a peaceful country
B. keep the president from abusing his powers
C. shared government power between the Federal government and State governments
D. allowed the states to propose bills to the U. S. House of Representatives to become laws

the intolerable acts were punitive laws passed by the british parliament in 1774 after the boston tea party. in great britain, these laws were referred to as the coercive acts.

the first 10 amendments to the u.s. constitution are known as the bill of rights. those 10 amendments establish the most basic freedoms for americans including the rights to worship how they want, speak how they want, and assembly and peaceably protest their government how they want. the amendments have also been subject to much interpretation since their adoption, particularly the right to carry a gun under the second amendment.

"a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference," said thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence and the third president of the united states.