Pilar's Thesis Statement
The United States Constitution gave the government unlimited power over the people.
Information on the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution defined the relationship between the people and their government by:
• limiting government to protect individual and civil liberties
• ensuring people have a role in electing government representatives; and
• guaranteeing power from the consent of the people.
One of the key issues in the debate over the ratification of the Constitution concerned individual rights. Anti-Federalist arguments regarding the lack of protections
of individual liberties led to the introduction and eventual ratification of the Bill of Rights, which included:
freedom of speech, press, assembly, petition, religion
due process of law; and
• protections against illegal search and seizure
30. Pilar is writing a paper about the Constitution and discovers the information above.
(6 Points): Describe 2 ways that the information above refutes Pilar's thesis.
. You should be able to identify 2 examples of ow the Constitution limits the power of the government. (4 pts)
. Be sure to explain how your 2 examples illustrate a limit on the government's power (2 pts)