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  2. The Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 - 10) – National Center for ...

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    Amendment 10. - Undelegated Powers Kept by the States and the People. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Preamble to the Bill of Rights *Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday ...

  3. Bill of Rights | U.S. Constitution - LII / Legal Information...

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    Bill of Rights. First Amendment [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)] (see explanation) Second Amendment [Right to Bear Arms (1791)] (see explanation) Third Amendment [Quartering of Troops (1791)] (see explanation) Fourth Amendment [Search and Seizure (1791)] (see explanation) Fifth Amendment [Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self ...

  4. Bill of Rights: The 1st Ten Amendments

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    The first ten amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. James Madison wrote the amendments as a solution to limit government power and protect individual liberties through the Constitution.

  5. The United States Bill of Rights: First 10 Amendments to the ...

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    First Amendment. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Second Amendment.

  6. United States Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

  7. Bill of Rights | Definition, Origins, Contents, & Application to...

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    Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, adopted as a single unit in 1791. They constitute a collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights and of limitations on federal and state governments. The guarantees in the Bill of Rights have binding legal force.

  8. Bill of Rights | The First Amendment Encyclopedia

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    The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, including the First Amendment. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in order to appease Anti-Federalists who thought the new Constitution did not provide adequate safeguards for rights of the people.

  9. Bill of Rights and Later Amendments - US History

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    Original Ten Amendments: The Bill of Rights. Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. Amendment I. Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly

  10. Bill of Rights (First Through Tenth Amendments) | Constitution...

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    The several state legislatures ratified the first ten amendments to the Constitution on the following dates: New Jersey, November 20, 1789; Maryland, December 19, 1789; North Carolina, December 22, 1789; South Carolina, January 19, 1790; New Hampshire, January 25, 1790; Delaware, January 28, 1790; New York, February 27, 1790; Pennsylvania, March...

  11. Bill of Rights - HISTORY

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    The Bill of Rights—the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution protecting the rights of U.S. citizens—were ratified on December 15, 1791.