It quickly became clear that the constitution would not be ratified without at least the promise of

Bill of Rights

A faction of the men at the Constitutional Convention believed the government document needed to explicitly include rights protecting individuals from a too powerful government. Jefferson led this group called the Anti-Federalists and argued the elite and a central government could not be trusted without adding rights that would protect individuals and the state from a tyranny.

The Constitution was ratified under the condition that a Bill of Rights would be added and ratified shortly after. The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the Constitution and provide explicit rights protecting individuals.

evaluate the extent to which the seven years' war (french and indian war, 1754–1763) marked a turning point in american relations with great britain, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the war to the period after it.