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The Revolutionary War was fought to rid our corner of the world of a tyrant, the King of England. But the first "Constitution" or Articles of Confederation was too broad and make allowances for only a very limited central government. The centralized government was too limited. So a second was written (The Constitution) which allowed more power for a centralized government but with checks and balances so that no one branch could gain complete control. The Colonists were in opposition to the Constitution because it was not explicit in the freedoms of the individual. The Constitution in its original form would not have been ratified without the Bill of Rights which was added before it was presented to the individual states to ratify.

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