Rights granted by the Bill of Rights : Freedom of speech, Freedom of religion, Freedom of the press , The right to peaceable assembly , Protection from unreasonable search and seizure, The right to petition the Government, Reasons why the government was formed from the Preamble of the US Constitution: To make a better government than the Articles of Confederation, Improve the court system, Have peace in all states, Protect the country from enemies, Have good living conditions, Have freedoms for themselves and future generations, Bad things about the Articles of Confederation : Created a weak national government with limited powers, Unable to gather a combined military force among the states, Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size., Congress did not have the power to tax., There was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress., There was no national court system or judicial branch., Federalists: Alexander Hamilton , John Jay, James Madison, Anti-Federalists: John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams , George Mason,

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