Question

Men when they enter into society, yield up a part of their

natural liberty, for the sake of being protected by
government. If they yleld up all their natural rights they are
absolute slaves to their governors. If they yield up less
than is necessary, the government is so feeble, that it
cannot protect them. To yield up so much, as is necessary
for the purposes of government, and to retain all beyond
what is necessary, is the great point, which ought, if
possible, to be attained in the formation of a constitution..
U.To define what portion of his natural liberty, the subject
shall at the time be entitled to retain, is one great end of a
bill of rights....Without such a bill of rights, firmly
securing the privileges of the subject, the government is
always in danger of degenerating into tyranny
What important Anti-Federalist idea is expressed in this excerpt from the Anti-
Federalist Papers?
0 A. Support for a bill of rights
B. Belief in states' rights
C. Hatred of Federalists
O D. Disapproval of constitutions

Answer 1

A. Support for a bill of rights

Step-by-step explanation:

The Anti-Federalist were the group who initially opposed the creation of a strong federal government. They emerged when the new constitution (the current one) was being drafted at the Philadelphia convention.

The constitution was ratified, however, many of the Anti-Federalist criticism was taken into account, and a few years later, a new bill of rights was added to the constitution.

The bill of rights establishes explicit rights that the government cannot infringe.

In this excerpt, we can see the Anti-Federalist argument for the support of a bill of rights: without it, they said, the government could become all too powerful and violate all those rights that should be protected.