The Constitution was drafted in 1787. Select TWO of the choices below that accurately describe what the Constitution did.

a) The Constitution decreased the power of federal government by calling for state governments to have absolute rule

b) The Constitution creates three separate branches within the federal government and have each branch separate powers

c) The Constitution lacked a separate legislative, executive, and judicial branch

d) The Constitution included a provision (selection) of strengthen state governments by allowing them to enforce slavery in the Nothwest Territory

e) The Constitution strengthened the federal government and reduced the power of the state governments

I choose the first two items.

The American Constitution is one of the oldest constitutions, dating from 1787. Appealed by Illuminist ideals, our Constitution delimited the State's performance in three independent powers, the Legislative, the Judiciary and the Executive, as mentioned in item (B).

In addition, in the political discussions of our Constitution, there was the group of Federalists, who wanted to maintain centralized power, and the group of Republicans, who wanted to give independence of action to the states.

Interested in seeking a balance between the two tendencies, the American constitutional charter ended up being formed by a restricted series of articles. Thus, the document paved the way for the US states to have autonomy to draft laws according to their specificities, as suggested in item (A).