The Constitution represented the triumph of compromise, and Americans who accepted the Constitution had to change many of their basic beliefs about government. These included all of the following EXCEPT
A. the instinct to give ultimate loyalty and sovereignty to one's own state.
B. the preoccupation with severely limiting executive power.
C. the ability of free citizens to govern themselves through disinterested representatives.
D. the assumption that republics were best suited to small geographic areas.
Answer: C
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