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    subduing the freeness of speech.”—Benjamin Franklin. The First Amendment is a very well known law‚ but contains a rich history that is not as commonly known. However‚ this law‚ like all others comes with consequences. This law has been interpreted in many different manners through different court cases about the First Amendment. Minors still have rights to the First Amendment‚ but they can be limited at school. All in all‚ the First Amendment is a law that ensures freedom and is crucial to American

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    Did you know that Alexander Hamilton helped save the United States as you know it? He did this by being a Federalist‚ the nation’s first Secretary of Treasury‚ an author of the Federalist papers‚ and much more. But he was not born in the United States and he was not a Founding Father. Although he was not a Founding Father of the United States‚ Alexander Hamilton was one of our most important political influencers and did many things to make the United States how it is today. In October‚ 1787‚ Hamilton

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    The First Amendment and the Bill of Rights: 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

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    Bill of Rights-1791 In the United States‚ the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. They were introduced by James Madison to the First United States Congress in 1789 as a series of articles‚ and came into effect on December 15‚ 1791‚ when they had been ratified by three-fourths of the States. 11th Amendment-1795 The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution‚ which was passed by the Congress on March 4‚ 1794 and

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    The United States government underwent major changes in the first century. With the problems with the Articles of Confederation and dealing with foreign policy something must be done. Thus State Delegates met for the Constitutional Convention to discuss such issues. Roughly a year after the Convention individuals wanted more protection from the government‚ so James Madison wrote up the Bill of Rights to protection individual’s rights. These were to protect individuals from the government and made

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    The Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. They were proposed to assure the fears of Anti-Federalist who had opposed Constitutional ratification. The Bill of Rights guaranteed a number of personal freedoms‚ limit the government’s power in judicial and other proceedings‚ and reserve some powers to the states and the public. Firstly‚ the Bill of Rights is successful in assuring the adoption of the Constitution.

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    George Washington‚ elected the first president in 1789‚ set up a cabinet form of government‚ with departments of State‚ Treasury‚ and War‚ along with an Attorney General (the Justice Department was created in 1870). Based in New York‚ the new government acted quickly to rebuild the nation’s financial structure. Enacting the program of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton‚ the government assumed the Revolutionary war debts of the states and the national government‚ and refinanced them with new federal

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    The Bastard The first Amendment of the United States Constitution protects the right to freedom of religion‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of expression from government interference. This is one of the most important amendments in the constitution and is what America is most proud of. However‚ these rights aren’t all they are cracked up to be. For example‚ censorship is very common and goes against the freedom of speech. Censorship has many different roles in society both in the past and

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    resources that attributed to the founding of this nation. The most fundamental among them is minds of philosophers and lawyers such as John Locke and Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu‚ who with their beliefs guided the founding fathers to constitute the form of government under which we live in today. Among these also include the ongoing trials and tribulations with the British Empire. In addition‚ one must also take into account the role Christianity played in the founding of our nation. Although‚ there

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    Censorship and the First Amendment: The American Citizen ’s Right to Free Speech Are we protected from censorship under the First Amendment? In other words do individuals or groups have the right or the power to examine material and remove or prohibit anything they consider objectionable? This argument has been progressing for centuries‚ in fact the first notable case was against John Peter Zenger‚ in 1743. Zenger was an editor of a New York colonial newspaper that often published articles

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