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Why did the Federalists agree to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

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The Federalists made this compromise to get enough support for the Constitution so that is would be ratified. They agreed that when the first Congress was held, it would draft a bill or rights. The argument to add a bill of rights was a victory for the Anti-Federalists.

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