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What sources did congress draw on when they drafted the bill of rights?

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The draft proposal Bill of Rights that was proposed by James Madison was said to be similar to Virginia Declaration of Rights which was also said to based some of its parts from Declarations of Rights of Pennsylvania and Maryland. He argued to Congress that State Rights are not sufficient to support the Bill of Rights and that the government must include it in the Constitution to provide security in all States.
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