What is the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights is your unalienable rights. You receive these rights at birth and they cannot be taken away. For several states the only way that they would be given the ratification of the constitution was if or when a Federalist supporter promised to add a BIll of Rights. Anti federalist like George Mason feared an overly powerful Government. The first congress assembled in 1789, they immediately started deciding whether or not to add a Bill of Rights.
. Ratified Bill of RIghts
Why ratify the constitution?
The new constitution had to be ratified by at least nine of the thirteen colonies. Since a lot of states thought that the new constitution gave too much power to the federal government this was not an easy process. James Madison the author of the Bill of Right played a big role in this process. The main reason for ratifying the constitution was to keep all of the central power from going to the federal government. They ended up ratifying the bill of right on December 15, 1791. https://www.aclu.org/other/bill-rights-brief-history This website is where i found this information. …show more content…
•James madison is the key author of the Bill of Rights.
•James madison was the president during the war of 1812.
What amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
THe bill of rights consists of ten amendments. All ten amendments guarantee the citizens of america some form of freedom. These ten amendments are your unalienable rights. They cannot be taken away.
The Bill of RIghts:
1.First Amendment: Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
2.Second Amendment: Right to bear arms.
3.Third Amendment: No quartering.
4.Fourth Amendment: No unreasonable searches and