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====Solution: Federalism====

====Solution: Federalism====

[[Federalism]] was adopted, which provides a supreme, yet constricted general government with a small set of nineteen [[Enumerated powers]], leaving the bulk of the remaining powers in the hands of sovereign states.  On August 6th, the first appearance of the draft Constitution, the opening phrase "We the People" had not yet been put in place.  Instead, the original draft contained the names of all thirteen sovereign states.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_806.asp Madison Debates, August 6], We the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachussetts, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare, and establish the following Constitution for the Government of Ourselves and our Posterity.</ref>

[[Federalism]] was adopted, which provides a supreme, yet constricted general government with a small set of nineteen [[Enumerated powers]], leaving the bulk of the remaining powers in the hands of sovereign states.  On August 6th, the first appearance of the draft Constitution, the opening phrase "We the People" had not yet been fully developed.  The final version refers to "We the People" of the "United States", but the original draft contained the names of all thirteen sovereign states and referred to "We the People" within those states.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_806.asp Madison Debates, August 6], We the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachussetts, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare, and establish the following Constitution for the Government of Ourselves and our Posterity.</ref>

===Small states versus large===

===Small states versus large===