For a member of the early American elite, an example of popular tyranny during the years between the Revolution and the Constitutional Convention would be ______.
A. Britain's refusal to abandon their forts on American territory
B. the enactment of the Northwest Ordinance
C. Congress' inability to regulate international trade
D. state legislatures giving financial relief to debtors
Ans: D. state legislatures giving financial relief to debtors
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