The constitution defines all of the following as limits of the government’s power to tax except that

a) the federal government is authorized to tax imports and exports
b) federal taxes must be the same in every state
c) congress cannot tax church services
d) the purpose of federal taxes is for the common defense and general welfare of the nation

A) the federal government is authorized to tax imports and exports 

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Prior to the creation of the us constitution, the general view of representative government is that it only worked in very small-scale environments- essentially a city-state or smaller. otherwise, the actual reflection of popular will declined in the representatives (ie, the difference between 1 representative per 100 citizens and 1 representative per 10,000 citizens), and generally the whole process became inefficient and self-destructive.james madison, however, was like 'no beezy'. he remarked that small republics were prone to faction and thus collapsed quickly. a large republic, he said, had so many interests and factions that none could rule, and thus they had to moderate and compromise.