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Why did Anti-Federalists favor a bill of rights?
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It would give the government more power to make laws.
It would give the government more power to make laws.

It would split power equally between the president and Congress.
It would split power equally between the president and Congress.

It would protect individual citizens’ freedoms.
It would protect individual citizens’ freedoms.

It would put goverment in the hands of individual states.
It would put goverment in the hands of individual states.

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It would protect individual citizens’ freedoms.

Anti-Federalists feared a strong central government and wanted explicit, written limits (a Bill of Rights) to guarantee protections like free speech, trial by jury, and protection from unreasonable searches.