it took 7 months to write the Bill of Rights and was added to the constitution to ensure the people that the new nation we call the United States of America would not take away their rights.
-cem1223
Because they wanted (No, they insisted on and demanded) a Bill of Rights.
natural rights--rights that no govenrnment can arbitrarily take away
The Bill of Rights was approved on June 25, 1789, so no one was president at the time. Washington doesn't take office until September 1789.
it took african americans 13 years to secure their civil rights. :D
The United States Bill of Rights took place in 1791. Virginia, and many other states who followed, were sure to include protection of individual rights. Virgina was the first to include a bill of rights into its constitution. Virginias and many other states included freedom of the press, and the right to trial by jury, and also barred "cruel and unusual punishments", and finally freedom of religion.
it took 7 months to write the Bill of Rights and was added to the constitution to ensure the people that the new nation we call the United States of America would not take away their rights. -cem1223
10 years
Because they wanted (No, they insisted on and demanded) a Bill of Rights.
i have no idea acualy a few months
on his bed he lies down and rights thats the only way he can write such great stories
natural rights--rights that no govenrnment can arbitrarily take away
The english Bill of Rights took place in ENgland, on the year of 1689.
The Bill of Rights affects all citizens (and most non-citizens) in the whole United States, not just New Jersey. Take this opportunity to read the Bill of Rights for yourself to better understand the rights and liberties afforded by them.
The Bill of Rights was important because it listed what rights the colonists should have that the government can't take away from them, which is what Britain did, so the colonists rebelled.
Nathaniel Gorham was a Federalist. So, he probably agreed with the other Federalists that there should be no Bill of Rights, the Constitution is fine the way it is. But, he probably agreed to the compromise that ratifyed the Constitution and added a bill of Rights. =^..^=
dippends on how long it is
The Non-Federalists wanted tha Bill of Rights to ensure that that the Government could not take away the rights of the people.