In 1789, congress ordered James Madison to produce a list of amendments added to the U.S constitution. These men did not want a monarchy like Great Britain had, which is why they had demanded term limits on the president of the United States.
Because of this, many Anti-Federalists came together to discuss what they wanted in the new constitution to prevent the government from becoming too powerful. For this reason, people were afraid that the federal government would have too much power and take away some of their rights. Nowhere in the constitution could it be found that Americans are granted freedom of speech or religion, for instance. Yet, neither had judicial review or federalism either.
Instead, there was simply a U.S Constitution that did not have any additional protection for American's rights other than what could be stated within it because term limits had not been put in place. However, it was because of these documents that many rights were added to the constitution! Many people may not know this, but two years after George Washington became president, in 1789, there was no Bill of Rights in place to help protect Americans' rights in America. The role of the Anti-Federalist Papers in the creation of the Bill of Rights is often overlooked. The Role Anti-Federalist Papers Played with The Bill of Rights
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