Its important because the constitution gives american citizens their rights and freedoms in which the government cannot interfer with. This is why in many cases in courts decision can be overruled whether its constitutional or not. Therefore the constitution being more powerful than the government, although there are some lope holes
He wanted the states to be more powerful than the national government
Bill of Rights
The US Constitution idea was to revise the Articles of Confederation by the government leaders. The features found in the US Constitution outline freedoms and rights of the people. The ideas and features were written to make the government more powerful by the people.
The Articles of Confederation were primarily concerned with limiting the powers of the central government. The majority of power rested with the states. The US Constitution, which came afterward, created a more powerful central government.
The Bill of Rights was the change that was introduced in the Constitution.
"In order to form a more perfect union." The purpose of the Constitution was to more closely unite a group of several newly-independent States under a more powerful central government.
Filling important government positions with party supporters.
Anti-federalists believe that State government should be more important and more powerful than the Federal government. They also believe that the Bill of Rights is good and that it should be kept.
Its more powerful because it does all the government work
Unlimited government is more powerful in the sense that such a government can do pretty much what it wants when it wants - that is what its head of government wants. Unlimited government is usually some form of dictatorship or absolute monarchy. Limited government might seem less powerful, but a limited government tends to permit its citizens more scope for activity. This can make a more prosperous and powerful country in the long run.
For the same reason the US Federal government is more powerful than the states. The provinces and states are subservient to National government.
I think they wanted a more powerful government Maybe they also wanted a more powerful economy As far as I know Shays Rebellion just showed that the government under the articles of confederation was powerless because it gave states the power not the over all government. As a result of a powerless government, federal troops had trouble controlling the rebellion. Today we have the constitution which the federal government for power then the state government.