The Bill of Rights: The First Ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Sadiona Gremaj

The Bill of Rights refers to the US Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Proposed in 1789, the amendments aim to limit the power of the federal government by protecting free speech, freedom of religion, the right to a fair trial, and other rights. The First Amendment is perhaps the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects five of the most basic liberties. They are freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom to petition the government to right wrongs.

The US Constitution in general , is important because it is a guarantee that the United States Government, and later the States, would not infringe on rights that are personal to every human being in this nation, and those reserved to the States. It was written in 1789 when most of the delegates to the Constitutional convention felt it was necessary to articulate rights they believed to be inherent in the rights of mankind. Therefore, they chose to embody those rights into the Constitution by amending it to add the first 10 amendments. Thereafter, the constitution was amended at various other times. The significance of the US Constitution was that for the first time in history , the need of the people for freedom was being portrayed and according to that need a new government was forming by the people and for the people. The United States were created to get rid off the aristocracy of the old world, to create something new, to create individual liberties and personal freedoms. That was never known to the world before.