Mostly because they wanted more freedom, like freedom of speech and things like that.
The Bill of Rights
Thomas Jefferson, patric henry, and richard henry lee
Whether a bill of rights was necessary to include in the Constitution
Bill of Rights
Antifederalist fears that the Constitution would destroy liberties.
The bill of rights is a name given to the first ten amendments . They were added through the usual amendment process.
Yes, George Madison was an anti-federalist. He pointed out that there was no Bill of Rights in the Constitution.
No John Jay was not an antifederalist...he was one of three people to write the federalist papers advocating the ratification of the constitution. James Madison wrote the Virginia Plan, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights...
Bill of Rights
The Constitution itself was ratified in 1787. The Bill of Rights, the 1st ten amendments to the Constitution, was added to the Constitution in 1789.
for a new constitution and a bill of rights
We had rights.