Forming a Government L4

Federalists and Antifederalists engaged in debate over the new _.

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

The _ played an important role in the fight for ratification of the Constitution.

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Indpendence

• Federalist Papers

_ amendments were added to the Constitution to provide a Bill of Rights to protect citizens.

• 12

• 14

• 20

• 10

people who opposed the Constitution

• Federalists

• Antifederalists

delegate who opposed the Constitution

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• John Jay

• George Mason

people who supported the Constitution

• Antifederalists

• Federalists

essays supporting the Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

official changes to a document

• bills

• laws

• amendments

Constitutional amendments that protect the rights of citizens

• bills

• laws

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

A group of essays that defended the Constitution was the _.

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers