Several states demanded that it be added or they wouldn’t ratify it.
The Bill of Rights
first session of Congress: 1789 most important task: passing Bill of Rights (which gave all American citizens rights)
The BIll of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual freedoms.
The first ten changes to the constitution are also the first ten Amendments (that's a change to the constitution). These ten amendments are collectively called the "Bill of Rights"; is this for a citizenship test or government test? : )
The Bill of Rights, which was the first amendments to the constitution.
The first congress.
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.
The Bill of Rights guaranteed that Congress would not interfere with the rights to religion, speech and press. The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments of the US Constitution.
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as 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.
To establish a government, write the bill of rights and the constitution. Vote on the constitution and form a country.
The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
the Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution
The Bill of Rights are the first ten Amendments of the Constitution.
The first ten (The Bill of Rights.)
They added the Bill of Rights, because the ratification process made it clear that the people wanted a list of rights incorporated into the document.
They added the Bill of Rights, because the ratification process made it clear that the people wanted a list of rights incorporated into the document.