Our Constitution was written 228 years ago. It was written after there was problems in our country with the Articles of Confederation. This was a hard time for our country because it was just a newborn. Our country was a toddler learning how to walk and our founding fathers took charge and came up with an incredible system that still works today. The Constitution is an almost sound proof document that can be fixed or amended if need be. If our values and beliefs change we can alter the amendments on the Constitution. We have rights given to us by the amendments that allow us to do so. Our founding fathers had no idea how history would unfold, but they tried their best to set up a system that would allow the Constitution to change with
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We have the right to express ourselves through religion, speech, the press, and by changing parts of the government. The first amendment in my opinion is the most important amendment because it affects so much of our daily lives. We have rights to freely express ourselves in different ways without fear of punishment. We are a free country and the Constitution and its amendments state that. We have rights that other people are not as fortunate to have. The first amendment allows the United States to not have a certain human guideline that everyone must follow. We have the right to not conform to a social standard. These are reasons why I feel that the first amendment is the most important one. We have the right to choose our lives. We have a countless amount of rights given to us by just one amendment. When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution they put this amendment first. They believed, as I do, that every person in our country should have a basic set of rights. There is no other amendment that gives us as many rights as the first amendment does. For 228 years the Constitution and all of its amendments have lasted without fail. It has become one of the most significant documents is our nation’s history. Without the support of the amendments in the Constitution our lives would be so much different, but we have been fortunate enough to live in a country where our rights are and will forever be
We have the right to express ourselves through religion, speech, the press, and by changing parts of the government. The first amendment in my opinion is the most important amendment because it affects so much of our daily lives. We have rights to freely express ourselves in different ways without fear of punishment. We are a free country and the Constitution and its amendments state that. We have rights that other people are not as fortunate to have. The first amendment allows the United States to not have a certain human guideline that everyone must follow. We have the right to not conform to a social standard. These are reasons why I feel that the first amendment is the most important one. We have the right to choose our lives. We have a countless amount of rights given to us by just one amendment. When the founding fathers wrote the Constitution they put this amendment first. They believed, as I do, that every person in our country should have a basic set of rights. There is no other amendment that gives us as many rights as the first amendment does. For 228 years the Constitution and all of its amendments have lasted without fail. It has become one of the most significant documents is our nation’s history. Without the support of the amendments in the Constitution our lives would be so much different, but we have been fortunate enough to live in a country where our rights are and will forever be