An important reason the Framers of the Constitution adopted a federal system was

a. they decided that the government under Britain was desirable after all.
b. they believed the central government under the Articles of Confederation was too powerful.
c. government under the Articles of Confederation was too centralized.
d. they thought the states should be more powerful than they had been under the Articles of Confederation.
e. they wanted to give more power to the central government.

E