Federalist there wanted to wait until the judiciary act
They were added to the constitution as sort of an "add-on" because most people were not satisfied and wouldn't ratify the constitution if it didn't spell out their rights of citizens of America.
Many of the most important states would not ratify the United States Constitution until the Bill of Rights was written. They were not happy with the original form of the Constitution.
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Rhode Island was the last state to ratify the constitution. After it had been drafted the state legislature initially refused to call for a ratifying convention, prompting the town of Providence to consider seceding. When the state threatened with an economic boycott by Congress - finally did call a convention in 1790, ratification was narrowly approved. Most Americans supported the Constitution once it was ratified.
How did the massachusetts state constitution 1780 differ from most of the other state constituions?
Pennsylvania had the most signers to the Constitution.
Most state constitutions do.
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