The Constitution was written to be the ultimate guide to the laws of the United States, it was written to serve as a guide, leadership, and also to protect each individual of the United States of America. To help us understand each individual right the constitution is made up of The Bill of Rights which is the first ten amendments. This includes a breakdown of the laws that protects each individuals freedom such as the freedom of speech, religion, and the right to protect yourselves with the right to bear arms, these are just to name a few of the ten. There are a total of twenty-seven amendments in which 11-27 was later added. We have James Madison to thank for helping us with our protection and our rights. Many people probably could not state
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The Constitution was created for the United States and each individual to give each their rights. There was the Federalist who supported the constitution as is who felt there was no need for the Bill of rights, and there were the anti-federalist who did not thing the constitution was suffice. They felt there was too much control with the government and not enough to protect the rights of the people. So James Madison came to the rescue to help come up with the first 10 amendments which is known as the Bill Of Rights. These are ten specific rights of the people to help give them the freedom of speech, religion, bearing arms, quartering soldiers, unreasonable searches from the government, protects from double jeopardy, the right to fair trial and trial by jury, cruel and unjust punishment, the rights to travel and vote, the balances of the powers. These are just a breakdown of the first 10 amendments of our great country. James Madison and the Anti-Federalist wanted the people to have specific rights so the country could come together and be a peace with …show more content…
There were 39 signatures and replaced the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution sets limits on what the government’s controls are such as what they can and cannot do. Separation of powers is the main thing behind the constitution which breaks down the government into three different branches such as Legislative, Executive, and Federal. The Bill of Rights gained some of its reasoning and content from the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Virginia declaration. The Bill of rights was ratified in 1791 and it fit the people on what worked best to protect the United States
The Constitution was created for the United States and each individual to give each their rights. There was the Federalist who supported the constitution as is who felt there was no need for the Bill of rights, and there were the anti-federalist who did not thing the constitution was suffice. They felt there was too much control with the government and not enough to protect the rights of the people. So James Madison came to the rescue to help come up with the first 10 amendments which is known as the Bill Of Rights. These are ten specific rights of the people to help give them the freedom of speech, religion, bearing arms, quartering soldiers, unreasonable searches from the government, protects from double jeopardy, the right to fair trial and trial by jury, cruel and unjust punishment, the rights to travel and vote, the balances of the powers. These are just a breakdown of the first 10 amendments of our great country. James Madison and the Anti-Federalist wanted the people to have specific rights so the country could come together and be a peace with …show more content…
There were 39 signatures and replaced the Articles of Confederation. The Constitution sets limits on what the government’s controls are such as what they can and cannot do. Separation of powers is the main thing behind the constitution which breaks down the government into three different branches such as Legislative, Executive, and Federal. The Bill of Rights gained some of its reasoning and content from the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, and the Virginia declaration. The Bill of rights was ratified in 1791 and it fit the people on what worked best to protect the United States