The actual number of amendments that the leaders first proposed was,but two were not ratified at the time.
twelve
twelve
33 amendments have been proposed, 27 of those have been ratified and are part of the Constitution.
There are 27 amendments!
Only 10 of the 12 Amendments James Madison proposed to the Constitution were ratified. The two that weren't were one that capped the number of members in the House of Representatives, and one that prohibited Congress giving itself an increase in salary.
26. The 27th Amendment, proposed in 1789, was not ratified completely until 1992, almost 203 years later.
The number was 8
There are 27 Amendments, the greatest number of that group.
There are 27 Amendments in the Constitution of the United States in 2010
Amendments are changes to the Constitution. The only amendment taken back later was number 18, which was rewritten on number 21.
27 is the last number of the amendments?
Most are discarded. In 200 years there are only 27 amendments in the constitution. That's a low number and probably for the best. It is an involved process to get passage of a new amendment.
27