Which statements are true?

Choose all answers that are correct.

The Federalists' promise to add a bill of rights paved the way to ratification of the

Constitution.

The Anti-Federalists insisted that the Constitution include a bill of rights guaranteeing

individual freedoms.

The Federalists initially argued that the Constitution should be ratified without a bill of

rights.

eralists amended the Constitution by adding a bill of rights before it was

ratified.

The correct answers are A) The Federalists' promise to add a bill of rights paved the way to the ratification of the Constitution. B) The Anti-Federalists insisted that the Constitution include a bill of rights guaranteeing individual freedoms. C) The Federalists initially argued that the Constitution should be ratified without a bill of rights. Those statements are true.

The approval of the new US Constitution had its problems and differences. Both Federalists and anti-federalists engaged in serious debates over the way the Constitution had to be formed. The federalists wanted a strong central government. This idea was supported by people such as Jhon Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, who wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym of "Publius," to support the ratification of the Constitution.

But the anti-federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson. considered that a strong central government could turn into a dictatorship as was the case of the English monarchy. They demanded to include a Bill of Rights that at the end was written by Federalist John Jay.

The Federalists initially argued that the Constitution should be ratified without a bill of

rights.