They viewed people with an innate distrust, and while they sought to create a government with democratic aspects, they feared excessive democracy due to the wickedness of human nature.
the colonies were culturally diverse so the constitution needed to apply to ALL of the colonies, so the representatives had to look over the document in order to see if it was fair to their colony
It would be Canada's Atlantic Province of "Newfoundland" that has jurisdiction over mainly uninhabited Labrador, due mostly to the proximity of Labrador to Newfoundland relative to other bodies of land.
