What problems with the original document motivated the adoption of the Bill of Rights?

When the United States Constitution was adopted in 1788 it was quickly criticized by people from different states as lacking encoded protections for individuals. The Constitution was a well-thought out plan of government. The main problem with it for one group of politicians, the Anti-Federalists (those opposed to a powerful central government), was that it did not address the rights of citizens and could not guarantee their liberties. The opposing side, the Federalists, said that such an addition was unnecessary as all issues not in the Constitution would be given to the states and the people. Of a proposed initial seventeen amendments ten were adopted as the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights guarantees certain freedoms to the country's citizens such as those of the press, religion, and assembly. It limits the power of the government in areas such as searches of property.