almost 100 years
Five states ratified conditionally, with amendments. James Madison rewrote those amendments into the Bill of Rights.
Five states ratified conditionally, with amendments. James Madison rewrote those amendments into the Bill of Rights.
Five states ratified conditionally, with amendments. James Madison rewrote those amendments into the Bill Of Rights.
It was added as a compromise between those that supported ratification of the Constitution, called Federalists, and those that were opposed to ratification, called Anti-federalists. Anti-federalists agreed to support ratification of the Constitution if the Bill of Rights was added later, which is why the Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
95 years. The 15th Amendment was adopted in 1869 and ratified in 1870.
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. They were added AFTER the ratification of the document by the first Congress.
ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
The first ten Amendments were ratified together, reaching ratification by three-quarters of the States then comprising the Union, on December 15, 1791. Previously, Amendments I-X were considered the "Bill of Rights". Modernly, the Bill of Rights is considered only Amendments I-VIII, because only these Amendments describe individual rights. Amendment IX and Amendment X refer to collective, residual rights reserved to the People and to the States.
The constitution has been amended a total of 27 times. Of those, 17 were added after the Bill of Rights.
Originally Congress passed the first amendments to the Constitution (i.e. the Bill of Rights) because of promises made during the ratification of the Constitution by the states. Several state ratification conventions only voted to approve the constitution on the condition that the new Congress would take up a Bill of Rights as its first action in order to ensure that American rights were protected.
The Bill of Rights was included in the United States Constitution to ensure ratification in Virginia and New York. The Bill of Rights includes the first 10 amendments to the Constitution and guarantees certain rights to citizens.
The first ten Amendments were ratified together, reaching ratification by three-quarters of the States then comprising the Union, on December 15, 1791. Previously, Amendments I-X were considered the "Bill of Rights". Modernly, the Bill of Rights is considered only Amendments I-VIII, because only these Amendments describe individual rights. Amendment IX and Amendment X refer to collective, residual rights reserved to the People and to the States.