Question

what was the federalists argument for not adding a separate bill of rights to the constitution?
it might be used later to limit rights that werent originally listed.
it was unnecessary because everyone had been granted basic freedoms.
it was unnecessary because the new government had limited power.
it might be used later to free enslaved people in the west.

Explanation:

Federalists argued the Constitution already structured the government with limited, enumerated powers, so a separate bill of rights was redundant—they believed the government could not overreach into unlisted areas of personal liberty without explicit authority, and listing rights might accidentally imply unlisted rights did not exist. The core argument centered on the government's inherently limited power making a bill of rights unnecessary.

Answer:

It was unnecessary because the new government had limited power.