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The original
Constitution adоpted in 1787, contained only a few provisions guaranteeing
individual rights. However, citizens pressured their leaders to add a Bill of
Rights. In response, the third 10 amendments were adopted by Congress in 1791
and then quickly ratified by the states.
The stated in the
first ten Constitutional Amendments, known together as the Bill of Rights, what
they considered to be the fundamental rights of any American. Among these
rights are the freedom of religion, speech, and the press, the rights of
peaceful assembly, and the right to petition the government to correct wrongs.
Other rights guarded the citizens against unreasonable searches, arrests, and
seizures of property, and established a system of justice, guaranteeing orderly
legal procedures. This included the right of trial by jury, that is, being judged
by one’s fellow citizens.
What is the Bill
of Rights?