The Bill of Rights was passed due to the objections of the anti-federalists. They protested that the Constitution does not contain a list of rights for the citizens of the United States.
protecting the citizens from abuses of power by the national government
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution itself was ratified in 1787. The Bill of Rights, the 1st ten amendments to the Constitution, was added to the Constitution in 1789.
The BIll of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual freedoms.
Federalists promised to add a bill of rights to the constitution if it was ratified.
There was no Bill of Rights
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Support for abolitionism.
statarted a campain to amend the constitution with a bill of rights
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Antifederalists
You did not provide the "pieces of legislation" that we were to pick from. But I can make a good guess. He was influential in getting the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.
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protecting the citizens from abuses of power by the national government
The Anti-Federalists were extremely concerned that a strong central government would result in severely weakened state power. Therefore, in order to make sure that the people retained some rights that were protected from national government intrusion, the Anti-Feds demanded that a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution. Without the addition of the Bill of Rights, the Anti-Feds would have rejected the Constitution in its entirety and it would have not survived ratification. Therefore, because they rejected the Constitution because it originally lacked a Bill of Rights, a Bill of Rights was added to appease them.
They Anti-Federalists. Because of this they successfully pushed for the inclusion of a Bill of Rights after the adoption of the Constitution.
Ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were adopted to protect the rights of individuals.