Question

The swift adoption of the Bill of Rights in the years following ratification of the Constitution demonstrates the __________.

A) states' fears of an over-powerful national government

B) small states' determination to receive equal representation in the legislature

C) Northern states' support for abolitionism

D) Federalists' concerns that the system of checks and balances would weaken the national government

Answer 1

The answer would be A because the colonists thought the new government was going to become tyrannical so they urged the government to make a formal document protecting them from tyrannical powers.
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