It was put in there to honor our first president, George Washington.
The original 13, and later during his term, 3 were added (Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee)
George Washington
George washington became a president in washington d.c named after him when he made the declartation of independance and then made the white house benjamin banneker help him build it and now on each president lives in the white house when they get voted for president and with all the memories with the old presidents.
The Bill of Rights were ratified in 1791 while George Washington was the president.The Bill of Rights was approved on June 25, 1789 and Washington took office in September 1789, so no one was president.
Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee were added to the union while Washington was President. There was no territorial expansion.
Im not sure, but it was not George Washington, George was president after the constitution was created, that includes the bill of rights. So who ever was still in power from the Articles of Confederation...
Washington has four cabinet secretaries; Obama has 11 more.
Washington. The Congress wouldn't ratify it until the Bill of Rights was added. Then, Washington was elected President. So actually there was no President when they were added.
Benjamin Harrison holds the record with six states added to the union while he was President. The states added were N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Idaho, Washington, Montana and Wyoming. ( Even though Harrison won 16 of the 20 electoral votes from the new states in 1892, he still lost the election. )
Benjamin Harrison - N Dakota, S Dakota, Montana, Washington in 1889, Idaho and Wyomeing in 1890.
The first 10 amendments, known as the bill of rights, were added to the constitution while Washington was president.