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  2. Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    What would become the Twenty-seventh Amendment was listed second among the 12 proposals sent on September 25, 1789, to the states for their consideration. Ten of these, numbers 3–12, were ratified 27 months later and are known as the Bill of Rights.

  3. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    Time span 1st [12] Protects freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and the right to petition the government. September 25, 1789: December 15, 1791: 2 years, 81 days 2nd [13] Protects the right to keep and bear arms. September 25, 1789 December 15, 1791 2 years, 81 days 3rd [14]

  4. History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the Twenty-seventh Amendment, which languished for 202 years, 7 months, 12 days before being ratified (submitted for ratification in 1789 as part of the Bill of Rights, but not ratified until 1992), the Twenty-second Amendment held the record for longest time taken to successfully complete the ratification process – 3 years, 11 ...

  5. Grievances of the United States Declaration of Independence

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    The Second Continental Congress's Committee of Five drafted the document listing their grievances with the actions and decisions of King George III with regard to the colonies in North America. The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to adopt and issue the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

  6. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Twenty-second Amendment was a reaction to Franklin D. Roosevelt's election to an unprecedented four terms as president, but presidential term limits had long been debated in American politics. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 considered the issue extensively (alongside broader questions, such as who would elect the ...

  7. Degrees of freedom - Wikipedia

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    In many scientific fields, the degrees of freedom of a system is the number of parameters of the system that may vary independently. For example, a point in the plane has two degrees of freedom for translation : its two coordinates ; a non-infinitesimal object on the plane might have additional degrees of freedoms related to its orientation .

  8. 27 (number) - Wikipedia

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    Twenty-seven is the cube of 3, or the 2nd tetration of 3: 2 3 = 3 3 = 3 × 3 × 3. It is divisible by the number of prime numbers below it . The first non-trivial decagonal number is 27. [1] 27 has an aliquot sum of 13 [2] (the sixth prime number) in the aliquot sequence (27, 13, 1, 0) of only one composite number, rooted in the 13-aliquot tree ...

  9. Number Pieces - Wikipedia

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    This piece may be performed with Twenty-Six (Fifty-Five), Twenty-Eight (Fifty-Seven), or both (Eighty-Three). All time brackets contain a single sound. The first viola starts the videoclock. Fifty-Eight: 3 piccolos, 4 flutes, 3 alto flutes, 4 oboes, 3 English horns, 4 B-flat clarinets, 3 bass clarinets, 4 bassoons, 3 contrabassoons, 3 soprano ...