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The general consensus amongst historians is that the balance between Federal and State powers was done to appease those who were afraid that too strong of a federal government would be no different than the monarchy that the colonists were overthrowing.
In the civil war 750,000 Americans died.
Answer:
The COLONIES had been practicing limited forms of self-government since the early 1600s. the uk didn't let the colonists have a voice in their government
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