Which option evaluates how the Bill of Rights addressed Anti-Federalist concerns about establishing a strong central government?

Question

Which option evaluates how the Bill of Rights addressed Anti-Federalist concerns about establishing a strong central government?

A) The Bill of Rights established a representative democracy designed to prevent the rise of a tyrannical federal government.

B) The passage of the Bill of Rights marked the first instance in which states had power over the federal government.

C) The amendments proved that the notions long held by the Catholic Church were validated by divine right.

D) The amendments constitute the government’s recognition of naturally occurring rights and liberties.

Is the answer D?

Answer 1

Amendments 5 and 6 are often credited to the writings of Brutus, the Anti-Federalist, maybe the most cogent of the Anti-Federalist writers.

The Bill of Rights was not as much a matter of dispute as to how it would appear to the public if rights were made explicitly. Some feared (and rightly it turns out) that if you appended a Bill of Rights you would be saying that the government is thereby conferring those rights whereas it was well nigh universally agreed among the arguing parties that those are God-given rights.

Answer 2

Yes. One of the Anti[federalists concerns was the creation of a too-powerful central government. They feared it would take away liberties as the British had done. The Bill of Rights protects people from government interference with their rights.