As the new nation struggled under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Convention was called in 1787. Representatives from the various colonies worked to design a new form of government, again drawing on the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the government created by the United States Constitution? Question 12 options: It maintained the weak central government. It established and divided power between 3 branches of government. It divided power between the federal government and the states. It provided a Bill of Rights in its first 10 amendments.