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Many of the most important states would not ratify the United States Constitution until the Bill of Rights was written. They were not happy with the original form of the Constitution.
The Anti-Federalists made a condition that they would only agree to the Constitution if there where a Bill of Rights. The Founding Fathers were men of their word and it was done.
One factor determining the number of representatives for a given congressional district is the distribution of within the state is the population. The governmental body responsible for interpreting the Constitution is the Supreme Court.
In May 1776 the continental congress asked the state to organize their governments and each moved quickly to adopt the state constitution,plan of government.
Yes Treason is defined as the only crime in the US Constitution because under English law; anyone was tried for treason by the whim of the court. It should be noted that those who wrote the constitution quickly admitted that the constitutional definition is for "citizens who owe no duty" (have no oath of office) and leaves normal treason (by government officials) untouched.