... add to the constitution. There were two groups, The Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The Federalists wanted the Constitution. Anti-Federalists' wanted amendments added to the Constitution. So they made the Bill of Rights. They knew that in the future we would have to add more amendments. The Constitution was made on September 17, 1787. It was ratified on June 21, 1788. This document is the supreme law of the U.S. At ... a national religion. In 1789, James Madison was nicknamed "the father of the Constitution". He proposed twelve amendments that would become the ten amendments making up...

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