The Bill of Rights On December 15‚ 1791‚ an important bill was ratified to the United States Constitution. The bill consisted of ten amendments written by James Madison. This bill later became known as the Bill of Rights because each amendment in the bill protected the rights of every citizen. The Bill of Rights has been a major part of United States history‚ and is still frequently used today. The Bill of Rights is an important bill that protects the basic rights of humans and has been used consistently
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the U.S. Constitution. When creating a constitution for our nations‚ certain citizens wanted to guarantee that there would be a Bill of Rights included in it. These people were called the antifederalist‚ and they wanted a Bill of Rights to assure that their individual rights would not be taken out of their possession. One reason why the antifederalist wanted a Bill of Rights is because it would be able to limit the power of the government. They believed if they gave too much power to the federal government
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* * * * * * * * Bill of Rights and Amendments NAME........... HIS/301 25 July 2013 Mark Durfee MBA‚ MA‚ M.Ed * Bill of Rights and Amendments * The original U.S. Constitution did not contain a Bill of Rights. This was added at a later date at which time Amendments were also added. Since the creation of this original document there have been several alterations and additions to the Constitution. How these amendments are included and why they were
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On December 15th‚ 1791 the ten official Bill of Rights were added to the constitution. These additions added rights for the people‚ but before one can fully understand the Bill of Rights they must examine the reasons that the Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution. Most people like to be protected. Protection makes a person feel safe in daily life. As a human being‚ rights are must. Rights allow you to be people to be who they are. Freedom and liberty are basic wants of most every human being
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27 September 2012 Bills of Right As we know and have heard from the media and from just the world‚ we understand and acknowledge that the government is a strong topic in our society today and its simply about making decisions and understanding how those decisions have been made for us to fully understand the universe. The government sets rules and priorities for the people of the United States to follow so that we as people could make the world a better and safer place as a whole. The three important
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The Bill of Rights was written by James Madison. Its purpose was to define the basic rights of the citizens. A total of ten amendments were added to the new Constitution for the protection of individual liberty. During its ratification‚ the Bill of Rights would be fiercely debated by the Antifederalists and Federalists. The debate was about whether enumerating some rights makes all other rights not enumerated illegitimate. The Antifederalists claimed that a man who was alone in the countryside
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I started my assignment by really reading over the Bill of Rights and thinking really hard. It occurred to me that this was going to be a very tough assignment. Though I don’t think that a lot of the Amendments are upheld much anymore‚ such as freedom of speech‚ I could not think of any that needed to be removed or changed. So I started thinking about things that I thought should be added. It came to my attention that I shouldn’t try of think of things that should be added because of personal reasoning
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unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness….” Take a look at the phrase “...all Men are created equal… certain unalienable Rights…” That is a right that no one can take away from another person‚ they are endowed by their Creator with rights including but not limited to life and the pursuit of happiness. Animals have roamed the earth long before humans ever arrived‚ they did as they pleased‚ walked freely and breathed deeply. Unalienable rights‚ are rights given
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The Bill of Rights has been fundamental in providing and ensuring American citizens rights and freedoms for hundreds of years. The Bill of Rights has survived for so long‚ because of adjustments and revisions‚ adapting these amendments to fit the people of the current time period. Only ten of the originally proposed twelve amendments were ratified and turned into what is known as the Bill of Rights. The first of the ten amendments in the Bill of Rights‚ says that “Congress shall make no law respecting
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The Bill of Rights has gained existence since December 15‚ 1791. Being supported mainly by anti-federalists‚ the Bill of Rights upheld what was needed to protect individual liberty. From the ratification we have our first ten amendments. The most important and used today is the first amendment. The amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting… petition the government for a redress of grievances.” This amendment is very powerful but cannot be overly abused. Over time the freedom of speech
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