The first amendment, established on December 15,1791 by James Madison is one out of the ten amendments in the bill of rights. This was First Amendment to the U.S constitution but some call it “Amendment 1”. The first amendment gives the right to freedom of religion. This prevents the government from establishing one religion for the whole country, allowing anyone to choose their own religion. It also gives us something called freedom of speech and press. Freedom of speech is right we have that allows us to think or say however we feel and Freedom of press prevents the government from controlling what is broadcasted on Tv’s, radios or any form of press. Then this leads us to the freedom of assembly and right to petition. The freedom …show more content…
Then now, finally the right to petition is the right that gives us an even bigger voice as citizens, The right to petition allows us to ask for adjustments or changes in the government. For example, if there is an unwanted law or something to that effect, people can collect signatures for a petition to request a change, they can do this by via email and request to speak to a representative. The first amendment gives us a more independent stand and lets us have a say on what happens to our country.
The Bill of Rights was written by James Madison. He wrote it in request from states wanting a better or greater constitution. The Bill of Rights are rules on what the government cannot do or control. It is the first 10 amendments of the U.S constitution. Starting with the second amendment, it protects the right of the people to keep and bear weapons, but the right isn’t unlimited and not all weapons are permitted to be carried. Next are amendment three and four, Amendment 3 stops soldiers from living in a person's house without consent, which this was done