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Why was the bill of rights added to the constitution?
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Why was the bill of rights added to the constitution?

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James Madison wrote the amendments, which list specific prohibitions on governmental power, in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties. ... Anti-Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty.
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It was added so the citizens could have their own freedoms. It gave people liberties.

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