The Bill Of Rights: The First Ten Amendments

The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments of the constitution. An amendment is a formal change to a law, constitution, statue, or legislative bill. Amendments can be added, removed, or updated as the times and people’s views change. Such as slavery, women’s rights, and prohibition have changed over the years. These subjects are very parallel but there is a small difference that will hopefully be defined. The Bill of Rights was created to address the objections of the Anti-Federalists on the Constitution. Federalists maintained that the people and the states kept any power not given to the federal government. Anti-Federalists wanted to place specific limitation on the government to ensure an individual’s liberty. The Bill of Rights originally had thirty-nine amendments and on September 25, 1789, Congress agreed on twelve articles of amendments for the Constitution. The twelve articles were ratified and became the amendments one – ten. The model of these amendments came from prior documents like the English Bill of Rights (1689), Virginia Declaration of Rights and Magna Carta (1215). The …show more content…
The first one was freedom of religion, freedom of speech and press. The second amendment was that a well regulated military, the people have the right to bear arms. Three, without consent or an order, no soldier shall interrupt peace in a house. The fourth amendment, the people have the right to be secure. The fifth amendment, no person shall be charged until proven guilty, and all evidence has been turned in. The sixth amendment, the accused has the right to a fair trial. The seventh amendment, any case has the right to be reexamined by a court in the U.S. The eighth amendment, no bail, no fines, no cruel punishment shall be inflicted until case has been through a jury. The ninth amendment, the Constitution shall not be denied by the people. The tenth amendment, the powers of the Constitution are reserved for the