Why did americans create such a limited government during the revolutionary war?

Historians are concerned with the accuracy of their writings and readings but are also aware of the inability of authors to know every angle of every story biases, perspectives, beliefs, and a variety of other differences history being told by one person at a time no one being totally accurate, as hard as we try really need on this, and you^^

Enlightenment thinkers most contributed to the development of whichpolitical idea? a. religious leaders should play the largest role in establishing asociety's laws.b. democratic governments have the responsibility to protect humanrights.c. criminals must be punished harshly if a society is to maintainorder.d. written constitutions place unnecessary restrictions ongovernments' powers.

What issue led to the split in the democratic-republican party in the late 1850s