A Bill of Rights for US citizens. The Federalists argued that the Constitution did not contain language that took away any rights; they only enumerated powers of the government. They successfully lobbied to have the Bill of Rights added as separate amendments, ratified separately after the Constitution itself had been approved.
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
they believed the people's liberties needed protection from the government
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
they believed the people's liberites needed protection from the government.
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The Federalists promoted the Alien and Sedition Acts because it worked against the Jeffersonian Party. Many immigrants favored Jefferson's point of view. Keeping them from becoming citizens would push off when they would be able to vote, keeping Federalists in power for longer.