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AP US History question:

The United States Constitution of 1787 represented an economic and ideological victory for the traditional political elite. Assess the validity of this statement for the period 1781 to 1789.

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This statement is not very accurate at all, considering that many of the political and economic elite favored not ratifying the Constitution, which removed much of the individual state's power.
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