What was the purpose of the bill of rights

The bill of rights serves to protect citizens from excess government power. It achieves this by ensuring there is separation of powers between different government branches, the judicial, executive, and the legislative.

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b) a rich merchant.

the triple alliance. germany and austria-hungary were already allies by 1879 when, worried about a threat from russia, they formed the dual alliance. italy joined the group in 1882. there was a concern about a possible attack from france and the alliance needed powerful friends to defend it.