Question

What is the Bill of Rights and what circumstances led to its creation? Be sure to explain the positions of the Anti-Federalists and Federalists in your response.

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.

The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution. It was created after the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when the states had to evaluate the new Constitution in order to ratify it.

The Bill of Rights was drafted by Federalists James Madison as a way to convince Antifederalists to approve the new Constitution.

Federalists such as Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Jhon Jay supported the idea of having a strong central government for the United States. On the other hand, Antifederalists like Thomas Jefferson opposed that view. They believed in a simpler form of government in which citizens could have rights and liberties.

That is when Madison came up with the idea of drafting the Bill of Rights.