The Anti-Federalists are credited with persuading the Federalists to add a Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution. This fact could lead to the conclusion that the Federalists were against protecting personal rights; however, that is not true. The reason the Federalists did not see the need for a Bill of Rights is because A) there was one already in the Articles of Confederation and it was expected to carry over into the new government. B) they strongly believed in John Locke's "Natural Rights Theory" and that no government would infringe on that again. C) the political rivalry between them and the Anti-Federalists was so intense that the Federalists opposed any suggestion the Anti-Federalists offered. D) they believed it was unnecessary since the Constitution limited the federal government, and each

D. They believed it was unnecessary since the Constitution limited the federal government, and each

Explanation:

According to the Philadelphia Convention - a new Constitution for United States provided for a strong government with an extraordinary amount of power given to the president and the senate. The Anti - Federalists charged that the new federal government resembled a monarchy in its concentration of power at the expense of liberty. The Federalists rejected the arguments of the Anti - Federalists by relocating it in the people. They on the other hand argued that since the constitution which represented the people had sought to instruct and control the institutions of government, thus all sovereignty rested with the people and that the Constitution did not need a bill of rights,

The Anti - Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty.

Under the leadership of Madison, the first federal Congress attempted to fulfill this promise and proposed twelve amendments to the Constitution. In 1791, ten of them were ratified by the states, and these became the Bill of Rights.