Fundamental human rights are addressed primarily within the Bill of Rights, the first Amendments of the constitution.
42nd amendment
The fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the US Constitution gave citizenship and voting rights to African-Americans.
The United States constitution gave Native Americans the right to vote in 1924, until this date Native Americans were not considered citizens. There are treaties that were signed by the various tribes that included the Native peoples into the constitution of the United States.
Patrick Henry, a famous Virginian man, gave fiery speeches against the ratification of the Constitution. He believed that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government and threatened the rights of individuals and states. Henry argued for states' rights and the inclusion of a Bill of Rights in the Constitution to protect individual liberties.
There were (and continue to be) multiple practical effects of the writing of the Constitution. The most important of these practical effects was that the Constitution allowed the new country...
The Texas Constitution of 1866 gave African Americans protection of personal property of African American Texan's, but it did not permit them to vote, hold public office, or serve as jurors.
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States gave the African Americans the right to vote.
It gave the right for woman to vote.
Mostly the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the US constitution.
George Mason did not sign the Constitution because he opposed the document. He believed it gave too much power to the federal government at the expense of the states and lacked adequate protections for individual liberties. He was one of only three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
The Indian Citizenship Act Americanized Native Americans giving them full citizenship. The 14th Amendment to Constitution actually gave them that right, but it took legislation from Congress to bring it to fruition.
The french gave the Americans secret aid