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The Bill of Rights was written in 1791 by James Madison

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• The Virginia Declaration of rights influenced James to write the Bill of rights
• The point between Federalist and Anti-Federalist is the lack of Bill of Rights that would put certain limits on the governments power.

FINISHING THE RIGHTS!!!

• James went through the Rights making changes where needed.
• The House of Representatives approved 17 Amendments, out of those 17 the senate approved 12, them they were sent to the states and August of 1789 10 were approved.
• The bill of rights is a list of limits on the government.

THE 10 AMENDMENTS.

• 1. The congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the rights of their people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
• 2. A well regulated malitia being necessary to the security of a free state, the rights of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
• 3. No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house without consent of the owner. Nor in time of war, but In a manner to be proscribed by law.
• 4. The rights of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause support by oath or affirmation, and perticularly describing the place to be searched, and persons or things be seized.
• 5. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the malitia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation

THE 10 AMENDMENTS.

• 6. 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 wherein 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 defense.
• 7.In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
• 8. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
• 9. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
• 10. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

KAYLEIGH MIRICK