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No, the Bill Of Rights was adopted in 1791, this was 4 years after the Constitution was ratified in 1787.
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I think it took 13 YEARS from the date of Declaration of Independence to the ratification of the Constitution by the 13 colonies.
As 10 new amendments
The Bill of Rights were ratified in 1791, 4 years after the Constitutional Convention. The first 8 of these 10 amendments guaranteed various individual rights.
The constitution set up the powers of the government but did nothing to address the rights of the people, which is a big part of the the revolution and the years following it were about.
Answer 1939-1945
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to our constitution. They were introduced in 1789 and adopted in 1791. The Constitution itself was adopted two years earlier in 1787 and began the ratification process then. It replaced the Articles of Confederation.
The civil rights laws and voting rights laws gave African Americans the voting rights in 1965. This was a hundred years after the civil war amendments and 45 years after women got the rights to vote.
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December 15, 1791 was the date that Virginia became the 11th state to ratify the Bill of Rights. At that point, the Bill of Rights were effective.