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1 day ago · Inscription of the First Amendment (December 15, 1791) in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The First Amendment broadly protects the rights of free speech and free press. Free speech means the free and public expression of opinions without censorship, interference, or restraint by the government.
- Second Amendment
The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States...
- Freedom of Speech in The United States
In 1798, Congress, which contained several of the ratifiers...
- Freedom of Assembly
"Sammankomsten" ("The Meeting"), oil painting by Ester...
- Everson V. Board of Education
Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947), was a...
- Gitlow V. New York
Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925), was a landmark...
- Twenty-seventh Amendment to The United States Constitution
The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as...
- United States Free Speech Exceptions
The Bill of Rights in the National Archives. In the United...
- Free Exercise Clause
The Free Exercise Clause accompanies the Establishment...
- Second Amendment
2 days ago · Pro-Administration. The 1790–91 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 27, 1790, and October 11, 1791. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 2nd United States Congress convened on October 24, 1791.
4 days ago · Charles Babbage KH FRS (/ ˈ b æ b ɪ dʒ /; 26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English polymath. A mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, Babbage originated the concept of a digital programmable computer.
- Mathematics, engineering, political economy, computer science
3 days ago · This site is a collaboration of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University) and American Social History Project (City University of New York), supported by grants from the Florence Gould Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
5 days ago · Text. Under the constitution of 1791, Louis XVI could refuse to sign a decree passed by the legislature. If the measure passed the two consecutive subsequent legislatures, it would automatically become a law.
2 days ago · The Constitution of 1791 was the governmental blueprint for France for a time, in the shadow of the French Revolution. When the Third Estate formed the National Assembly in June 1789, those gathered made it very clear that they wanted a constitution to be their governmental blueprint.
5 days ago · Hamilton, Draft Report on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, 1791. George Washington's cabinet split over issues of centralization of power in the new nation. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton supported the creation of a national bank.
