The Bill of Rights was proposed to assuage the fears of the Anti-Federalists, who opposed the constitutional ratification. The making of the Bill of Rights was held in the National Archive building. It was the Philadelphia Convention also known as the Constitutional Convention. The convention was held on May 14th, and ended on September 17th, 1787. On August 21st, 1789 The Bill of Rights was adopted by the H of R, and proposed by a Joint resolution of congress on September 25th, 1789. Also the constitution was proposed on September 25th, 1789 in effect with the constitution. James Madison was the author of the Bill of Rights. He wrote it to set limits on government actions in regard to personal liberties. The Bill of Rights was finally ratified on December 15th, 1791. It took two years to finally work out every little complication. But, Did you know that it wasn't just thought of? Chief James Madison of Virginia, and Alexander Hamilton of New York were originally going to revise the articles. Since it was too tedious, hard, and long, they decided to rewrite another form of government.
Did you know that the Bill of Rights was influenced by George Masons Virginia Declaration of Rights, and the English Bill of Rights in 1689, the Magna Carta. Cool right? The Bill of Rights enumerates freedoms explicitly indicated in the main body in the constitution, such as the Freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly. The supporters A.K.A the Federalists wrote the federalist papers supporting the constitution. The federalist papers were a big series of essays that support the constitution. In federalist paper NO. 84, Hamilton opposed the Bill of Rights stating that the Constitution itself is in very rational sense and to every useful purpose A BILL OF RIGHTS. Federalists support the constitution but not always the Bill of Rights.