The Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 - 10) – National Center for ...
2018年1月1日 · Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press 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 .
The Amendments | Constitution Center
The Amendments. There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution, beginning with the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments, ratified December 15, 1791.
The Original Bill of Rights Had 12 Amendments - ThoughtCo
2021年10月6日 · The Bill of Rights, originally in the form of 12 amendments, was submitted to the legislatures of the states for their consideration on September 28, 1789, and was ratified by the required three-fourths (then 11) states in the form of 10 amendments on December 15, 1791.
The Bill of Rights: A Transcription | National Archives
2024年7月10日 · On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution. The 1789 Joint Resolution of Congress proposing the amendments is on display in the Rotunda in the National Archives Museum. Ten of the proposed 12 amendments were ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures on December 15, 1791.
The Constitution | The White House
The solution was known as the Massachusetts Compromise, in which four States ratified the Constitution but at the same time sent recommendations for amendments to the Congress. James Madison introduced 12 amendments to the First Congress in 1789. Ten of these would go on to become what we now consider to be the Bill of Rights.
Bill of Rights (1791) | National Archives
2022年9月20日 · Articles 3 to 12, ratified December 15, 1791, by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. Article 2 concerning “varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives” was finally ratified on May 7, 1992 as the 27th Amendment to the ...
Bill of Rights and Later Amendments - US History
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.
The First Amendments to the U.S. Constitution - Pieces of History
2019年9月25日 · Two hundred and thirty years ago on September 25, 1789, Congress passed the very first proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Ten of these eventually became the Bill of Rights. During the period of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, one of the biggest criticisms of the document was that it lacked a bill of rights.
The Bill of Rights: How Did it Happen? | National Archives
2023年4月27日 · On October 2, 1789, President Washington sent copies of the 12 amendments adopted by Congress to the states. By December 15, 1791, three-fourths of the states had ratified 10 of these, now known as the “Bill of Rights.”
Bill of Rights passes Congress | September 25, 1789 | HISTORY
2010年3月3日 · The first Congress of the United States approves 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and sends them to the states for ratification.
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