Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention reject a motion to include a bill of rights in the Constitution?
A) The delegates thought rights should be guaranteed to the states, not to individual citizens.
B) The delegates felt a bill of rights was unnecessary because they thought that the federal government was already limited to its expressed powers.
C) The rights of citizens were a secondary concern to the delegates' personal self-interest.
D) A bill of rights would have required granting equal rights to women, which the delegates found to be politically unsavory.
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