Creating the constitution was difficult and controversial. Some of the items in the Bill of Rights were not thought of when the constitution was written. Others were too controversial and there was fear that if they were included in the original the constitution would not have been passed.
They were added after the constitution was adopted to protect our rights
No
The Bill of Rights was included in the Constitution.
They included the Bill of Rights.
Many of the state constitutions contained a Bill of Rights at the time of the Convention. That was one of the reasons that a Bill of Rights was not included in the original version of theU.S. Constitution. Anti-Federalists feared that without a Bill of Rights inserted in the Constitution, the new federal government might be able to interfere or deny some of the rights of the citizens.
The original Bill of Rights in the US Constitution.
They were added after the constitution was adopted to protect our rights
No
A bill of rights is included in the US Constitution.
The Bill of Rights was included in the Constitution.
The Constitution was signed by the delegates and authenticated by George Washington without the Bill of Rights -- the first ten amendments to the Constitution. When the Constitution was sent to the 13 states for ratification, the Bill of Rights was not included, and many states would have failed to ratify without an iron-clad promise that certain rights would be memorialized in writing later. Eventually, all 13 state legislatures ratified the original document, and the Bill of Rights was added subsequently.
The argument for adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution was to protect individual freedoms of the citizens.
Thomas Jefferson led the group of delegates who refused to support the Constitution until it included a Bill of Rights.
Thomas Jefferson led the group of delegates who refused to support the Constitution until it included a Bill of Rights.
Thomas Jefferson led the group of delegates who refused to support the Constitution until it included a Bill of Rights.
Thomas Jefferson led the group of delegates who refused to support the Constitution until it included a Bill of Rights.
Every Constitutional Amendment, including the Bill of Rights, becomes every bit as much of the Constitution as the original text as soon as three fourths of the states have ratified it.