What conditions did state convention delegates from Massachusetts and Virginia place on their ratification of the Constitution?
A) the passage of a Bill of Rights that would protect people's liberties
B) limiting the president to two elected four-year terms
C) passage of a national law that would lead to the gradual extinction of slavery in the United States
D) an amendment making the Supreme Court the constitutional arbiter of state and federal laws
Answer: A
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