Bill Of Rights Argumentative Analysis
When our Constitution was written and put into place, two groups formed. They both had very strong opinions about the constitution. These two groups were called the Federalists and Anti-Federalist. Because of the views and ideas of these two groups, the Bill of Rights was formed and then put into place. This all played a huge role in forming our country's government. First off, I want to introduce the Federalists. They were people who supported a strong central government and who strongly supported the constitution. They believed that with a strong central government, the nation would be more organized and controllable. One of the main members of the federalist group was James Madison. He was ironically the one to propose the Bill of Rights in the end. What makes this ironic is that James Madison originally opposed the Bill of Rights and ideas the Anti-Federalists had. One of his main reasons for objecting a bill of rights was that it was "potentially dangerous to list some of the rights of the people, in case these might be interpreted as the only rights of the people." ("Bill of Rights." Bill of Rights. Web. 8 Feb. 2016.) Many others agreed with
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It is a compilation of the first 10 articles of the US Constitution. The Bill of Rights basically lays out the principal rights of the people like the right to bear arms, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion to name only a few. As I have previously explained, they needed a bill of rights because without it, the people would not have any power or freedom and could lead to the central government taking over and violating civil rights. This was fresh in everyone's mind because they had just been freed from the British violation of civil rights before and during the revolution. With the Bill of Rights, this cannot happen again, which ultimately provoked adding the Bill of
It is a compilation of the first 10 articles of the US Constitution. The Bill of Rights basically lays out the principal rights of the people like the right to bear arms, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion to name only a few. As I have previously explained, they needed a bill of rights because without it, the people would not have any power or freedom and could lead to the central government taking over and violating civil rights. This was fresh in everyone's mind because they had just been freed from the British violation of civil rights before and during the revolution. With the Bill of Rights, this cannot happen again, which ultimately provoked adding the Bill of