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Why did the anti-federalists insist upon the inclusion of the bill of rights in the constitution?.

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Anti-Federalists feared that without a bill of rights the Constitution would not protect the rights of the people or of the states, making their federal government too powerful. Federalists placed their trust in a wealthy, powerful elite to govern fairly, while Anti-Federalists believed that a bill of rights was the only way to guarantee fair treatment of a wider range of people.

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