Why was protecting the rights and freedoms listed in the bill of rights important to citizens of the “new nation”.

Because the people didn’t want another repeat of what happened with Great Britain, they wanted to make sure the rights of the people were protected not abused

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.