1789
Added protections for individual rights.
It was added to please the anti-federalists who wanted secure individual rights.
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to safeguard individual liberty
to safeguard individual liberty
to safeguard individual liberty
the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution , added in 1791, and constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms.
The US Bill of Rights was created to protect U.S. citizen's individual liberties.
In the US, the US Constitution sets the rules for protecting citizen rights. State constitutions do the same with regard to state laws and their effect on citizens. Individual local laws are designed to protect citizen rights as well.
Bill of Rights
Some states or people (like Virginia's Patrick Henry) thought that the Constitution did not adequately protect individual citizens' rights. Therefore, a Bill of Rights was added so more states would ratify the Constitution, and the American people were afforded more protection than with the Constitution alone. The Bill of Rights added a significant number of rights and privileges not given to citizens under the Constitution alone.
The set of rights added to the end of the constitution is called the Bill of Rights.