THE BILL OF RIGHTS

UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTITUTION

• Succeeded the Articles of Confederation
• Written in 1787 at the Philadelphia Convention
• Outlined the formation of a government
• Influenced by the English and Native Americans
• The first Constitution of its kind

TRIALS AND RESOLUTION

• A government without limits
• "Consent of the Governed"
• Anti-Federalists (Pro Bill) vs. Federalists (No Bill)
• Madison drafts seventeen amendments

AMENDMENT I:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

AMENDMENT I:
There shall be no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

AMENDMENT II:
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

AMENDMENT III:
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

AMENDMENT IV:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated

AMENDMENTS V, VI, VII, VIII:
Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, and double jeopardy. Right to a speedy and public trial by jury. Excessive bail shall
not be required.

AMENDMENT IX:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

AMENDMENT X:
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.

The Ten Commandments closely parallel the Bill of Rights, because it was God's given human rights.

QUIZ

Who drafted
the Bill of Rights?

James Madison

Which English
documents does the
U.S. Constitution imitate?

The English Bill of Rights
& The Magna Carta

What kind of trial is entitled to Americans?

A speedy and public
trial by jury.

Name a given right that is currently in jeopardy.