4. Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to give a clear and direct writing of what the rights of each individual citizen is. It was created to appease the Anti-federalists, who then were afraid that the elites (federalists) would use their powers to take away the rights of the common citizen slowly. These lay the foundation of the unalienable rights, and was slowly expanded on as the years went by.

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religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.

“a committee reviews the bill and marks it up to make it more viable and to reflect interests