The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution are known as the "Bill of Rights."
They were intended to prohibit the federal government from taking away the individual rights of its citizens, and include basic freedoms that should not be abridged.
* The name comes from an earlier Bill of Rights given to England by King and Queen William and Mary. King George III decided that Bill of Rights did not apply to the American Colonies.
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The Bill of Rights.
The first ten amendments to the constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. These amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791.
are the bill of rights composed of ? amendments 11-26 or amendments 1-10 or amendments 1-26 or laws passes in 1776 ? The first 10 amendments are know as the Bills of Rights
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments.
The first 10 amendments to the constitution known as "the bill of rights"
There are no "commandments" in the constitution , but amendments. The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights.
It is the first ten Amendments to the Constitution of the US.
Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments.
amendments 1-10
The Bill of Rights consist of the first ten amendments.
The first 10 amendments, known as the bill of rights, were added to the constitution while Washington was president.
the Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution
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