[Bigun]

Most, it being a question of the big states having more authority than they should and the little states being squeezed out but going along because they have to eventually.

I beg to disagree. That is precisely why the states were given (regardless of size) the exact same representation in the federal government. (Since ratification of the 17th amendment, the states now have NO representation in the federal government.)

The Fed Gov ended up with either too much power or not enough power depending on the state in question, and we're still right there after all this history.

The fed gov has far more power than any of the founders ever intended, most of it unconstitutionally usurped, but that has nothing whatever to do with the physical sizes of the states.

[RightWhale]

That is precisely why the states were given (regardless of size) the exact same representation in the federal government

Only in the Second House and in the Electoral College. Some big names were willing to consider eliminating the states altogether, although the majority were not interested in that.