Read this excerpt from the Constitution. The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Con
stitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent . . . abuse of its powers, that further . . . restrictive clauses should be added. According to this excerpt, what was the main purpose of ratifying the Bill of Rights? to adopt the Constitution to restrict citizens’ rights to prevent the abuse of power to create a convention
Europeans did not originally discover how to produce silk. Silk was founded in the East and is a major aspect of Asian fashion and culture. Therefore it was culturally diffused via the Silk Road.
