Why Puritans Came To America: Freedom

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of rights, which was drafted for political
motivations, and it evolved into a document which shelters American
people's civil liberties.

When the Bill of Rights was adopted, political motivations superceded
libertarian views. James Madison claimed that this "nauseous project of
amendments" would "kill the opposition[for the ratification of the
constitution] everywhere..." In the beginning, the Bill of Rights was
first drafted up to appease the Anti-Federalists and coax them into
ratifying the constitution. For without the Bill of Rights the constitution
may have never been ratified. After its ratification, the Bill of Rights
evolved into more realistic terms. The Federalists began to notice the
importance of the Bill of Rights as much as the AntiÄ Federalists had.
During the next few years the Bill of Rights began to be accepted by the
American people as the essence towards freedom. As it was noticed more and
more over the years, the Bill of Rights became the basis for ...

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