The First Amendment was the first addition to the Constitution included in the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was approved in 1791 and created by the Federalists, who wanted to protect individual freedoms of the people. The First Amendment includes three major topics. The first was freedom of religion, freedom of religion states that there must be a separation of Church and state within Congress. This means that Congress cannot make laws about the establishment of religion and cannot make laws that take away the free exercise of religion. The second topic was freedom of speech, Congress cannot make laws that fail to respect the freedom of speech or press. The last topic is freedom of assembly, Congress cannot make laws violate the right
