The first ten amendments were presented and ratified with the Constitution. The Constitution would probably not have been ratified without the rights guaranteed to the states and people in these amendments, which are called the Bill of Rights.
The 2nd level in the United States of America's federal government system is state governments. Though state governments are sovereign from the federal government, they are considered to be part of it.
C. A king is free to make laws regardless of whether most people agree with him