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Why did the founders put the 1st amendment in the constitution?
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∙ 13y ago
This Amendment was created so that we would have the freedom to express ourselfs and not have to wrry about getting aressted. it just grants us to say what we got to say and just practice our own religion.
This amendment was created so that we can have the freedom to do many things. like practice our own religion, to assemble with people and to have the right to speak freely and not have to worry about being aressted. with out it we wouldn't have the right to do all that stuff.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 6y agoIt wasn't ratified, but is part of the Bill of Rights which is part of the constitution which was ratified in 1789. The importance of the amendment is that it allows,for the freedom of speech, press, religion, and protest. Without these freedoms we would have a state sponsored religion which our founding fathers wanted to avoid since they knew about how a state sponsored religion discriminated against people who practiced another religion. The freedom of press and speech allows for people to speak, publish, write or protest about the government. This is a very important right because it allows people to learn about practices of the government and if they are for the common good.
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∙ 11y agobecause there wasn't any real freedom in America and the government needed to satisfy the people so they won't rebel.
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∙ 13y agoBecause they wanted us to have freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to peacefully assemble, and freedom to complain.
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