Question

during the ratification process, state governments reviewed the constitution and prepared to vote to accept or reject it. the people arguing to approve the constitution called themselves federalists. james madison, alexander hamilton, and john jay wrote a series of essays called the federalist papers to convince the public to ratify the constitution. these essays often covered topics such as: why the current government was too weak, and why the proposed federal governments powers were necessary why the separation of powers would prevent the federal government from becoming too powerful why the constitution already protected individual rights by limiting government power based on these topics, what was the publics main concern about the constitution? that a bill of rights would be unnecessary that the federal government would abuse its power that the states would be divided by the constitution that the state governments would become too powerful

Explanation:

The Federalist Papers addressed concerns like separation of powers preventing federal over - power and the Constitution protecting rights by limiting government power, indicating fear of federal power abuse.

Answer:

that the federal government would abuse its power