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All told, we have ratified 27 constitutional amendments across American history. We can divide these amendments into four different periods of constitutional reform: The Founding era 1791 – 1804 Gave us our first 12 amendments, including the Bill of Rights. The Reconstruction era 1865 – 1870
The several state legislatures ratified the first ten amendments to the Constitution on the following dates: New Jersey, November 20, 1789; Maryland, December 19, 1789; North Caro- lina, December 22, 1789; South Carolina, January 19, 1790; New Hampshire, January 25, 1790;
SECTION 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the leg- islatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
Amendments to the United States Constitution Amendment I Passed by Congress September 25, 1789. Ratified December 15, 1791. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—17871 WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to our-selves and our Posterity, do ordain and estab-
The printing of the revised version of The Constitution of the United States of America As Amended (Document Size) is hereby ordered pursuant to H. Con. Res. 190 as passed on July 25, 2007, 110th Congress, 1st Session. This document was compiled at the di-rection of Chairman Robert A. Brady of the Joint Committee on
amendments. While the U.S. Constitution itself outlines the basic structure of the federal government, its twenty -seven amendments address many subjects but primarily focus on the rights of individual American citizens. This booklet outlines those rights, offering historical context and other information that is both interesting and informative.
