The writers of the Constitution established a federal system of government in part because
A. few states in history had successfully established unitary governments.
B. the British political system was based on the federal principle.
C. the states would be valuable sources of revenue for a federal government.
D. Locke and Montesquieu had concluded it was superior to other systems of government.
E. the states already existed as established entities and had to be preserved.
Answer: E
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