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for the right to do things they couldn't do before

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15y ago

They wanted certain rights to be guaranteed and not let the government or whims of future leaders to restrict basic rights. They believed that certain rights were given to man by God and cannot be taken away by any form of government, such as: The right to life, the right to believe anything you want, the right to say anything you want.

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to protect their rights and not have an over-powering executive leader and make shore that the United States didn't have a bad influence on the other colonies.

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16y ago

The Americans wanted their rights protected and they wanted a Bill of Rights to ensure it was protected

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to protect rights of citizens

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