What were the americans' attitude toward centralized government after the revolution?

They believed that a centralized government would lead to tyranny and just having escaped the tyranny of England, they didn't want to run that risk. They believed that most of the power should be with the states.

The way this small state - large state compromise guards against tyranny is that small states and large states have one note: i am sorry but i was not able to give you the full answer. but i got this answer from