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Why was the bill of rights originally added to the us constitution

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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights

Anti-Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty. Madison, then a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, altered the Constitution's text where he thought appropriate

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