The place was <span>Maryland in 1634</span>
One reason is because the republicans feared immigrants who would support the Federalists future elections.
Another reason is that the Antifederalists wanted to gain more members so they passed the act in order to welcome those entering the country.
Patrick Henry believed in the "clean" form of government in which government officials and the entire government, in general, shouldn't be corrupt. He refused a strong central government and denied attendance to the meeting in which it had become the Constitutional Convention, fearing that the decision for a Constitution will be too centralized and strong for the people to have freedom.
Bill of rights are the first ten amendments of the constitution. The Fourteenth amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.