USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Federalists opposed including a bill of rights on the ground that it was unnecessary. The Anti-Federalists, who were afraid of a strong centralized government, refused to support the Constitution without one. In the end, popular sentiment was decisive.

Detailed explanation-2: -Antifederalists argued that a bill of rights was necessary because, the supremacy clause in combination with the necessary and proper and general welfare clauses would allow implied powers that could endanger rights. Federalists rejected the proposition that a bill of rights was needed.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Federalists got their Constitution, and the Anti-Federalists got their Bill of Rights.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anti-Federalists were concerned about excessive power of national government. The Anti-Federalists included small farmers and landowners, shopkeepers, and laborers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Anti-Federalists believed that a bill of rights was needed to prevent the central government from taking rights from states and citizens. They wanted to protect against a central government that was too powerful and could take away the freedoms they had fought a revolution to preserve.