Rather than write another 10,000-word response, I refer you to
Federalism: Yesterday and Today, an essay that addresses your question. I wrote it over a decade ago when I was involved with the Tea Party movement. It was the text of a lecture I gave to Tea Party groups in Georgia before the movement collapsed with Romney's loss in 2012.
“Rather than write another 10,000-word response, I refer you to . . .”
It doesn't require 10,000 words. All you have to do is say: “Yes, the states that adopted the U.S. Constitution intended to overthrow the principles of the Declaration of Independence.”