Bill of Rights

Most rural citizens had firearms available but urban areas lacked weapons when the American Revolution began and it seemed essential to provide a Constitutional right to have and bear arms.

A strong federal government is one that is made up of individual states and that allows for these individual state's governments to maintain certain powers and aspects of soverignty, but also reserves many powers and aspects of soverignty for a stronger central national government.

Examples of strong federal government powers would include the ability to raise and support a national military or navy, the power to directly tax national citizens, the power to resolve interstate disputes, the power to overturn state court decisions if they violate or conflict with national interests, and the power to sign treaties with other nations.

The United States, under the Constitution, is an example of a strong federal government. Prior to the Constitution, under the Articles of Confederation, the government of the United States was unable to raise and support a strong army and was unable to raise taxes except through the individual states. Treaties had to be ratified by all states in the union and state disputes were difficult to resolve. When the Constituion was created in 1898, more power was given to the federal government in order to "establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, and promote the general welfare." This strenghtened the central government and, essentially, took away powers that were previously alloted to individual states.

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other than those explicitly listed in the Constitution or Bill of Rights.

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James Madison created the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution, or the Bill of Rights, in 1789. It was ratified on December 15, 1791.

To explain the rights of citizens of the US -apex

The First Amendment in the United States constitution gives an individual the rights to:

*Freedom of speech

*Freedom of the press

*Freedom of assembly

*Freedom of religion

Most natural rights that you can name are in the Bill of Rights. That Bill of Rights still exists today and continues to protect our rights, so it includes all the rights we have today.

In fact, the Ninth Amendment specifically states that the Constitution, including the amendments, is not intended to be an exhaustive list of the rights of the people. It acknowledges that the people have many natural rights which are not explicitly mentioned and they are not lesser rights simply because they are not enumerated.

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.

The 5th Amendment bans being tried for the same criminal offense twice, self-incrimination, and the denial of due process.

It made more states want to vote and sign for the Constitution

The 8th amendment was passed as part of the Bill of Rights in December of 1791. The state of Virginia was the first state to pass the law that cruel and unusual punishment can not be used on a prisoner in 1776.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district where in the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Probably not. If the police are actively investigating a complaint (noise complaint) then they are likely within their rights to enter the premise where the violation is occurring.

James Madison wrote the actual amendment in response to states concern over a federal military coup. He also wrote the Federalist Papers.

Yes. The Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the United States restricts the Congress of the United States. The 14th Amendment extends those restrictions to the state legislatures. Congress was never permitted to have an established religion. Before 1832 The State of Massachusetts had an established religion. The 14th amendment now prohibits that.

The Bill of Rights makes the country what it is today and most importantly, it is what makes our country have "freedom" and is probably, if not the most critical, part of the Constitution. Today, modern time needs this just as much as it did when it was first created because of the crime rate in America. Another reason Americans need these rights are because it would limit our country so much, it would almost make our country have similarities to a country based on communism.

The GI bill of rights gave veterans a college education. College education is great way to make your future brighter and Easier. On the other hand people who get a College education may feel better emotionally, by being accomplished.

"The Proclamation of 1763 said that British colonists couldn't buy land west of the Appalachian Mountains from the Indians, hunt on it, or explore it. Settlers already living there were to leave at once. King George lll said the lands west of the Appalachians were to be used only by the Native Americans. The king hoped the order would prevent more wars between the colonists and the Native Americans.

Indian leaders were pleased that the British king wanted to keep the colonists off their land. The colonists, however, were furious. They felt the proclamation took away their right as British citizens to travel where they wanted. As British citizens, the American colonists had the same rights as British citizens living in Britain. Those rights were listed in the English Bill of Rights which Parliament had created in 1689. A bill of rights is a list of rights. The English Bill of Rights said that the government could not take certain rights away from the people.

The colonists grew even more upset when the kind ordered British soldiers to remain in North America to protect the newly won lands. The colonists felt this action also took away their rights. They became angrier when the king gave his colonial governors greater authority to govern themselves. Instead, they now had to obey even stricter laws made by a governor away." -Harcourt Horizon United States History.

(Directly from the book)

Edit: A Bill of Rights takes away the power of elected politicians to make laws (which they are elected to do) and places that power in the hands of unelected judges, which turns laws and political policies into a court room farce and gives more power to lawyers than is needed.

the fifth amendment protects us from abuse of the government authority in a legal procedure.