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Patrick Henry was influential in the adoption of which of these pieces of legislation?

You did not provide the "pieces of legislation" that we were to pick from. But I can make a good guess. He was influential in getting the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution.


Why were the Bill of Rights included with the Constitution?

They were added after the constitution was adopted to protect our rights


Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

To outline the rights of individuals. When the constitution was written the individual colonies were asked to ratify it and so give up their independence and form the United States. Since a war for independence had just been fought, the colonies had concerns that the new federal government could become tyrannical and take away the freedoms they had fought so hard to win. The Bill of Rights was added to the constitution to make it more palatable and remove some of the fears about losing states rights. Even the states that were willing to ratify the constitution without the rights listed were happy to see them spelled out .


What was finally added to the constitution to make all 13 states ratify?

The Bill of Rights (ie the first ten ammendments to The Constitution)


Was the Constitution written before the Bill of Rights?

Yes it was. The Constitution was written and then the Bill of Rights was added as sort of a compramise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalsits. Many said that the original Constitution did not protect the people's natural rights, so the Bill of Rights was added to it.