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One of the arguments for not having a Bill of Rights was the thought that it would be misconstrued to mearly be a list of your rights. There should be further information on this debate in the Federalist and Antifederalist Papers.

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What papers were written to win the support for the ratifying of the Constitution?

Bill of Rights.


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It did not include a Bill of Rights.


What does the editor of this newspaper support ratifying the constitution?

The editor of the newspaper supports ratifying the constitution because it provides a framework for governing the country, protects individual rights, and establishes a system of checks and balances. They believe that ratifying the constitution will help create a more stable and unified nation.


What was the principal motivation for drafting the bill of rights?

To Protect the rights that were not specified in the Constitution. In my opinion it also was a compromise for the Anti-Federalists, since this was main reason for not ratifying the Constitution.


What were arguments against ratifying the constitution?

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Why did the anti-federalist not like the constitution?

The Anti-Federalists did not like the new strength the central government would possess. Additionally, the constitution did not have a Bill of Rights when the states were in the ratifying process.


What are arguments for amending a Bill of Rights to the original Constitution?

The argument for adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution was to protect individual freedoms of the citizens.


What were the arguments for and against including the bill of rights in the body of the constitution as opposed to adding these rights at the end of the document?

People of the convention argued that if we don't include the bill of rights in the Constitution, it would open doors to tyranny in the government. But in my opioin, our government is already crap so.


What do these headlines demonstrate about the process of ratifying the Constitution?

The constitution had strong support but also strong opposition


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