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The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution. It is the name for the first ten amendments of the Constitution.
The Federalists agreed to add amendments to protecting basic rights in support of a new constitution.
The first ten amendments were added to the Constitution because the Antifederalists didn't trust the government and didn't think they would give them rights! Basically, the first ten amendments known as the Bill of Rights were added to the constitution as a compromise between the Federalists and the Anti- Federalists.
The amendments change the constitution, either adding new rules or changing old ones. In the US Constitution, the first 10 amendments (the Bill of Rights) essentially prevented the new federal government from usurping the basic rights that the country was founded to provide.
The fourth amendment protects you against unfair searches and seizures, and searches without warrant or probable cause.
The Bill of rights is the first 10 amendments to the constitution and they lay out your basic rights.
The basic structure of the Constitution is: The Preamble - states the purpose and the goals of the Constitution The Articles - lay out the specifics for separation of power and rights of each branch of Gov The Amendments - additions to the Constitution
The basic "rights" are contained in the first ten amendments.
to free and grant basic rights to slaves
It is the first ten Amendments to the Constitution of the US.
adding amendments to protect basic rights