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The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of ...
United States Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is the name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which limit the power of the federal government and guarantee citizens of the United States certain rights. The amendments were written in 1789 by James Madison, and were based on important ideas about personal rights.
Ratification of the first ten amendments was completed on December 1 5, 1 79 1, when the eleventh state (Virginia) approved these amendments, there being then fourteen states in the Union.
The ratification dates for each of the 27 Amendments to the United States Constitution are as follows: First 10 Amendments (Bill of Rights) – December 15, 1791. 11th Amendment – February 7, 1795. 12th Amendment – June 15, 1804. 13th Amendment – December 6, 1865. 14th Amendment – July 9, 1868.
Bill of Rights. First Amendment [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)] (see explanation) Second Amendment [Right to Bear Arms (1791)] (see explanation) Third Amendment [Quartering of Troops (1791)] (see explanation) Fourth Amendment [Search and Seizure (1791)] (see explanation) Fifth Amendment [Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self ...
Bill of Rights, in the United States, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which were adopted as a single unit on December 15, 1791, and which constitute a collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights and of limitations on federal and state governments. The Bill of Rights derives from the Magna Carta (1215 ...
