Sacramento Business Daily - Why were written guarantees of basic rights important in the development of American government?

Why were written guarantees of basic rights important in the development of American government?

In other words, what are three reasons written guarantees of basic rights helped develop our country's government?

It was important to the founding fathers that all citizens enjoyed equal indiividual freedoms from oppression by the government regardless of economic or social status.
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