The Bill of Rights guarantees personal freedoms, limits the federal government's power, and reserves some powers for states. To prevent the federal government from assuming excessive power, those who opposed the Constitution, known as Anti- Federalists, demanded amendments that would protect individual liberties.
The main way in which this influence occurred is that Puritans were prosecuted in England for not following the official church doctrine, so they left to form settlements in New England--meaning the social structure followed Puritan doctrine.
It protected african americans right to due process
Thomas Jefferson designed the coin system
