Why were state constitutions significant when the United States Constitution was written? The people who wrote the state constitutions had learned valuable lessons about writing a constitution. State constitutions did not guarantee rights, so the authors of the United States Constitution included a bill of rights. By using the state constitutions as models, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention avoided almost all disagreements. Most of the United States Constitution was directly copied from state constitutions.

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Why were state constitutions significant when the United States Constitution was written? The people who wrote the state constitutions had learned valuable lessons about writing a constitution. State constitutions did not guarantee rights, so the authors of the United States Constitution included a bill of rights. By using the state constitutions as models, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention avoided almost all disagreements. Most of the United States Constitution was directly copied from state constitutions.

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The correct answer is B) State Constitutions did not guarantee rights, so the authors of the United States Constitution included a bill of rights.

State Constitutions were significant when the United States Constitution was written because State Constitutions did not guarantee rights, so the authors of the United States Constitution included a bill of rights.

Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, favored a strong central government to rule the new United States. But they faced the opposition of antifederalists, led by Thomas Jefferson who opposed to a strong central government because the nation could have the risk of being ruled by tyrants such as the case of the English monarchy. After many debates and negotiations, James Madison had the great idea of including a Bill of Rights, which are the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution.