The chief obstacle to ratification of the Constitution by the states was which of the following?
A) Its failure to abolish slavery
B) The omission of a Bill of Rights
C) The power it granted to tax
D) The lack of court structure below the Supreme Court
E) Inclusion of the plural executive

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Many anti-federalists were concerned that the Constitution did not have a Bill of Rights, which would protect individual liberties from government infringement. They feared that a powerful federal government could trample on the rights of citizens without these protections in place. It was only after the promise to include a Bill of Rights in the first ten amendments to the Constitution that many anti-federalists finally agreed to ratify the document.

The Chief Obstacle to Ratification of the Constitution by the States