To protect individual rights, the Anti-Federalists wanted to add a bill of rights to the Constitution.
While Federalists supported the Constitution, Anti-Federalists were against the ratification of the Constitution since they believed that this document gave too much power to the central government, which posed a risk to the individual liberty. In order to protect the individual rights, Anti-Federalists wanted to add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution, even though Federalists did not think that this was necessary. However, the Bill of Rights, which was inspired by the Virginia Declaration of Rights, was finally approved in Congress in 1789.
