There were 10 original amendments included in the Bill of Rights. They were passed by congress in September of 1789 and ratified in December of 1791. 17 later amendments were passed between 1804 and 1992.
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The Bill of Rights consist of the first ten amendments.
The Bill of Rights that went into effect in 1791 had ten amendments. Since this time there has been 17 new amendments added to the Bill of Rights. Today this document contains 27 amendments.
Many amendments have been added since the Bill of Rights and they protect many different rights and privileges.
The first 10 in the bill of rights (1-10) and Amendments 13, 15, 19, 21, and 26. That is 15 total.
The first ten amendments were presented and ratified with the Constitution. The Constitution would probably not have been ratified without the rights guaranteed to the states and people in these amendments, which are called the Bill of Rights.