Final answer:
The Constitution was designed to protect and promote the government's interests and to balance, distribute, and protect governmental powers, ensuring the liberties and rights of the people were safeguarded.
Step-by-step explanation:
As written, the Constitution was indeed designed to protect and promote interests in the new government, so the answer to the question is a) True. The Framers of the Constitution aimed to create a system of government that would balance power, protect liberties, and ensure the rights of the people. The necessary and proper clause (also known as the elastic clause), contrary to what one might think, has not had the effect of limiting the power of the national government; it has actually provided Congress with the ability to enact laws necessary to carry out its enumerated powers, leading to an expansion of power over time. Therefore, the statement that the necessary and proper clause has limited the power of the national government is b) False. Regarding the Constitutional Convention, it initially met with the aim of revising the Articles of Confederation, so the answer to that part of the question is a) True. Finally, as the states adopted constitutions during the Revolutionary War, they did indeed choose to establish republics rather than monarchies or pure democracies, making the answer here also a) True.