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Why did the Founders feel it was necessary and important to create the Bill of Rights?

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I think they wanted to give citizens there freedom and official rights to do certain things whilst keeping everything sustainable. That’s why I think they created it
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The nation's founders believed that containing the government's power and protecting liberty was their most important task, and declared a new purpose for government: the protection of individual rights.

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