The answer is A. a plan to rebuild the south
The bill of rights was adopted for many reasons, including to protect the rights and liberties of the states from abuse of power by the newly created government<span>
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Explanation:
Participation was far from open to all residents, but was instead limited to adult, male citizens (i.e., not a foreign resident, regardless of how many generations of the family had lived in the city, nor a slave, nor a woman), who "were probably no more than 30 percent of the total adult population".