How did james madison influence the development of democracy in the united states? a. he criticized the articles of confederation for giving the federal government too much power. b. he ensure that the constitution placed clear limits on federal power. c. he demanded equal rights for women and african americans in the united states. d. he called for the united states to abandon the british system of common law.

 April 1787, Madison wrote a short pamphlet entitled "Vices of the Political System of the United States" explaining the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. in a letter to George Washington, written before the opening of the constitutional convention in Philadelphia, Madison proposed a plan that would increase the power of the central government and allow it to act as "a negative in all cases whatsoever on the legislative acts of the States."Anticipating opposition, he recommended a mode of ratification that would bypass state legislatures, empowered by the Confederation, and go directly to the people. Madison's letter provided the essentials of the Virginia Plan proposed before the Convention in May 1787 by Edmund Randolph.What problems in the government under the Articles of Confederation had Madison identified prior to the Constitutional Convention?Based on those problems, why did Madison believe it was important for the central government to have a "negative in all cases whatsoever on the legislative acts of the States"?List the important ideas for the new constitution that Madison explained in his letter to Washington. For each, list a problem with the government under the Articles of Confederation that it addressed. 

(apex) B. He helped ensure that the constitution places clear limits on federal power

not too sure on this one thinking tyo organize the division of africa