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The original proposed "Bill of Rights", debated and rejected at the constitutional convention included 12 articles of enumeration. The original First Amendment dealt with congressional size based on population. It read as follows:
"...there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred; after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every fifty thousand persons."
The original 2nd amendment dealt with compensation. It read as follows:
"No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."
It was ratified in 1992 and is now the 27th amendment to the Constitution.
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It should be noted that the "Bill of Rights" were not included in the constitution passed during the constitutional convention. Several delegates argued that by limiting the powers of the federal government if any powers were not specifically limited, the federal government would assume itself free to regulate those that were not included. At the behest of anti-federalists and others such as George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson (in France with his oldest daughter during the convention), the "Bill of Rights" as we now know it was passed by the first congress in 1789 and subsequently ratified by the states.
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How many amendments were added to the constitution in the twentieth century-?
12 of the 27 amendments were ratified during the 20th century. the amendment that took the longest to be ratified was congressional pay, passed in 1992 it took 202 years 7 months and 12 days to be ratified
What agreement was reached that allowed the Constitution to be ratified?
What agreement was reached that allowed the Constitution to be ratified?
In order to avoid any violation of certain civil right the First Congress of the US introduced 12 amendments to the constitution Amendments 3-12 and became known as the?
10 amendments
Amendments 3 - 12 were accepted and became known as the?
bill of rights
Which amendment took the longest to ratify?
The 27th Amendment, it took 202 years, 7 months and 12 days for the 27th amendment to be ratified. It was initially submitted to state legislatures for ratification on September 25, 1789 and was completed on May 7, 1992.
How many of the original 12 amendments were ratified?
13
How many amendments were originally proposed and submitted to Congress as the initial draft of the Bill of Rights?
12 but 2 were not ratified by the states.
How many amendments were added to the constitution in the twentieth century-?
12 of the 27 amendments were ratified during the 20th century. the amendment that took the longest to be ratified was congressional pay, passed in 1992 it took 202 years 7 months and 12 days to be ratified
How many amendments was originally in the Bill of Rights?
The original draft of the Bill of Rights had 17 Amendments, 10 of which would eventually be ratified. The Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791.
How many amendments were originally proposed?
12 but 2 were not ratified
Where was the Bill of Rights found in the constitution?
The First Congress of the United States submitted 12 amendments to the states. Numbers 3 through 12 were ratified and became the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. They are known as the Bill of Rights. The original copies are located in the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. The Bill of Rights is made up of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. The original copy is located in the United States Archive in Washington DC.
How many amendment were added in the constitution in the 20th century?
12 of the 27 amendments were ratified during the 20th century. the amendment that took the longest to be ratified was congressional pay, passed in 1992 it took 202 years 7 months and 12 days to be ratified
When was the Bill of Rights first drafted?
The Bill of Rights, which is actually the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution, was written by James Madison after the Constitution was ratified on June 21, 1788 and obviously, before he presented his proposal on June 8, 1789 during the First Congress. The US Congress approved 12 of these amendments on September 25, 1789 but the first two amendments were not ratified.
Number of amendements of the constitution?
33 amendments have been proposed, 27 of those have been ratified and are part of the Constitution.
Assembly that proposed the first 10 amendments?
In 1789, the first Congress proposed a set of twelve amendments, written by James Madison. As required by the Constitution, the amendments then went to the states. By December 1791, three fourths of the states had ratified 10 of the 12 amendments. These 10 amendments became known as the Bill of Rights.
How many amedents in the Bill of Rights?
The original Bill of Rights contained 12 proposed new amendments, which were referred to as Articles One through Twelve. The States subsequently ratified ten of the twelve Articles as the First through Tenth Amendments to the Constitution. The original Articles One and Two were not initially accepted, such that Article Three in the Bill of Rights became the First Amendment, Article Four became the Second Amendment, and so on and so forth.It should also be noted that the Second Article in the Bill of Rights, regarding compensation for Senators and Representatives, was eventually ratified, in its original form, by the States to become the Twenty-seventh Amendment in May of 1992. It had been ratified by only five of the thirteen original States, along with Vermont (the 14th), by 1791 and therefore did not become one of the first amendments. However, it remained active over the years and, reflecting a revived interest in the issue in the 1980's, was then subsequently ratified by several additional states (40 out of 50) to eventually become enacted.
What are 5 parts of the constitution and bill of rights a business person must know?
con: three out of five: preamble articles amendments bill:12 proposed 10 ratified
