How did the framers regard the role of property rights during the development and ratification of the U.S. Constitution?

A  The framers believed that the principles of democracy and majority rule would protect the variety of business interests in the new nation as well as safeguard private property.

B  There was more emphasis placed on defining and protecting the principles of political equality, rather than defining and protecting private property, during the Constitutional Convention.

C  The framers were less concerned with facilitating commerce and protecting private property than with safeguarding individual rights and liberties.

D  Federal protections and safeguards on private property represented a critical matter for the framers. Many held the belief that proprietors ought to rule in the United States, as they did in Great Britain.

E  All of the above.