Bill of Rights

•The Constitution describes how the government should run but citizens wanted to be able to also limit the government’s power and protects its citizens.

•September 25, 1789 Congress voted to approve the 10 Amendments written by James Madison, known as the Bill of Rights.

1st Amendment

•Freedom of Religion•Speech•Press

•Right to Assemble

2nd Amendment• Right for each state to have a militia and a volunteer army• Right to “keep and bear arms”

3rd Amendment

• NO SOLDIERS SHOULD BE QUARTERED IN TIME OF PEACE OR WAR WITHOUT OWNER’S PERMISSION.

4th AmendmentForbids “unreasonable searches and seizures”

5th Amendment

• Protects citizens against “Double Jeopardy”• Cannot be put on trial or punished twice

for the same crime• Cannot be forced to be a witness against

themselves• Cannot be punished or lose property

without due process.

6th Amendment• Fair Trial, Trial

by Jury, Jury must not be prejudiced, Speedy and public and Right to have a lawyer.

7th Amendment• Guaranteed a trial by jury in civil cases

8th AmendmentNo excessive

bail or finesNo Cruel or

Unusual Punishment

9th Amendment•Rights that all people have, that is not said fully in the Bill of Rights.

10th Amendment• Whatever is not written in

the Constitution, Powers given

to the state and the people.

13th amendmentSlavery or servitude except as punishment for a crime

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