The first one is because they make the laws
According to Daniel Webster, the individual states had the right to nullify the law. He preached this idea on the Senate floor, stating that states should have the right to be able to practice nullification.
The correct answer is <em>C.</em> To protect the individual rights of the people.
The Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution two years after it went to effect. The purpose was to have a list of people's rights explicitly mentioned in the Constitution that must protect the citizens of the United States.
The Bill of Rights was passed by the <em>House of Representatives</em> in 1789 and officially accepted as an amendment on December 15th, 1791.