Why was the idea of a central government so important to many of the Founding Fathers

The Founders believed very strongly in states' rights because they understood that the surest way to maintain individual liberty was to instill safeguards against centralized power.

Explanation: The Constitution is based on the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances. The founders felt that by dividing the power between three branches the power of government could be limited. The second amendment allows the people to have weapons so that the people can overthrow the government.

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the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.