Was the Bill of Rights Necessary

In 1787, a group of men got together in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation under which the United States had been operating. When the Constitutional Convention decided to propose a federal government instead, they faced the enormous challenge of persuading the American people to accept the central government they had learned to distrust and fear. Many were hesitant to give up the Confederation that helped bring them through the American Revolution that brought them …showed first 75 words of 1159 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1159 total…society, our government would fail terribly without the bill of rights. None of the people’s rights would be secure, and again we would be an oppressed and enslaved people. The founding fathers were right in including the bill of rights. It keeps our government from going corrupt and repeating history. If the federalists could have looked into the future, they would have agreed. Without the bill of rights, the constitution would have never lasted.