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What is the primary purpose of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Why did several states refuse to ratify the constitution without the addition of the Bill of Rights? How did North Carolina Federalists and Anti-Federalists view the United States Constitution in 1788?.
A central issue at the Convention was whether the federal government or the states would have more power.
Many delegates believed that the federal government should be able to overrule state laws, but others feared that a strong federal government would oppress their citizens.
Essential Questions
What is the primary purpose of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Why did several states refuse to ratify the constitution without the addition of the Bill of Rights? How did North Carolina Federalists and Anti-Federalists view the United States Constitution in 1788?

Does not the Constitution give us our rights and liberties? A. No, it does not, it only guarantees them. The people had all their rights and liberties

Español by Sol Bloom Q. How were deputies to the Constitutional Convention chosen? A. They were appointed by the legislatures of the different States.

Thus the rights of the small States were safeguarded, and the majority of the population was to be fairly represented. Q. Who actually wrote the Constitution? A

Canadian legal theory

The Implied Bill of Rights is a judicial theory in Canadian jurisprudence that recognizes that certain basic principles are underlying the Constitution of Canada.

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