The framers of the Constitution created a comparatively strong executive because
A) ?they wanted to emulate the strength of the monarch, which was the only example of government they had lived under.
B) ?state governors provided a good example of the effectiveness of a strong executive.
C) ?executive power as it existed under the Articles of Confederation had failed to bind the states into a unified nation.
D) ?they admired the chief executives of governments in European nations.
E) ?they believed that only a strong executive could provide the influence needed to end the evils of slavery.
C
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