Thursday, December 1, 2011

For research Constitution

2. Why did the Anti- Federealist demeand a bill of rights be added to the Constitution?

The Constitution initially started off as being too weak, so The Anti-federealist demanded a bill of rights because they thought the central government would get to be to strong, and the bill of rights would protect the citizens from being taken advantage of.  They did this after the Articles of Confederation was put in place and gave the central government too much power.
    In order to get the new Constitution ratified, and everyone be satisfied, the Anti-Federalist argued for the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights would guarantee that the president wouldn't become a monarch, and the citizens of America would have their rights.

Sources
1. Cox, Kathryn, Apush
2. Federalist and Anti-Federalist, www. library.thinkquest.org
3. Feinberg, Barbara, Explaining the bill of Rights, www. schoolastic.com

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