Why Puritans Came to America: Freedom.

             When the English came to America to escape religious persecution,.

             things commenced at a shaky start. For example, Puritans fled from England.

             because of religious persecution. They were being physically beaten because.

             of their religious beliefs therefore they attempted to create a Utopia or.

             "City upon a hill" in the New World. There "City upon a hill" began with a.

             government based on religious beliefs. It developed into a government.

             which condemned those who did not believe in the Puritan beliefs. For.

             example, one had to believe in the Puritan religion and attend church to.

             vote and become a member of the Puritan society. This practice further.

             developed into a situation in which you were beaten or killed if you did.

             not believe in the Puritan religion and remained in Puritan "Utopia" -- the.

             exact situation which they had fled from England. Later, it would take the.

             gathering of American thinkers to deduce what liberties were guaranteed and.

             which were not, to avoid mistakes made by puritans and others in history.

             The Forefathers of the United States conjured up the Bill of Rights which.

             illustrated which rights were endowed to the people of the United States.

             They adopted the Bill of rights, which was drafted for political.

             motivations, and it evolved into a document which shelters American.

             people's civil liberties.

             When the Bill of Rights was adopted, political motivations superceded.

             libertarian views. James Madison claimed that this "nauseous project of.

             amendments" would "kill the opposition[for the ratification of the.

             constitution] everywhere." In the beginning, the Bill of Rights was.

             first drafted up to appease the Anti-Federalists and coax them into.

             ratifying the constitution. For without the Bill of Rights the constitution.

             may have never been ratified. After its ratification, the Bill of Rights.

             evolved into more realistic terms. The Federalists began to notice the.