Why do you think the colonists had concerns about a strong central government?

Colonists had concerns about a strong central government because of their experience as British colonies. After the French and Indian War, the British government was in massive debt. In order to pay off this debt, the British government turned to the American colonies for revenue. These taxes angered many colonists because the taxes were passed without a colonial representative in the British parliament. This developed the idea of "no taxation without representation."

This is why the colonists feared a strong central government. Many felt that the British central government was tyrannical and unfair. This caused resentment among colonists.

the first 10 amendments to the u.s. constitution are known as the bill of rights. those 10 amendments establish the most basic freedoms for americans including the rights to worship how they want, speak how they want, and assembly and peaceably protest their government how they want. the amendments have also been subject to much interpretation since their adoption, particularly the right to carry a gun under the second amendment.

"a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference," said thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence and the third president of the united states.