Political views of supported: opposed: a federal government stronger than the states a federal government with three branches ratifying the constitution a weak federal government a federal government with a single branch altering the constitution the name of which leader best completes the title of the graphic? a. patrick henry b. george mason c. samuel adams d. james madison

both are true, the congress does have the power to create banks, even if this power is not specifically described in the constitution, since there is nothing restricting it and there is power given to the congress to make "all laws which shall be necessary and proper". maryland was not allowed to tax a branch of the national bank operating there, and the supreme court decided that no state could. both of these topics were discussed in a decision of the mcculloch v. maryland case in 1819.