The Bill of Rights
The eighth amendment
No strange or cuel punishment.
The fourth amendment
No search and seizure without warrent.
When is the bill of rights day?
December 15th
Who wrote the Bill of Rights?
James Madison
The second amendment
The right to bear arms.
The first amendment
Right to religion, assembly, press, petition, press, and speech.
What did the Bill of Rights take inspiration from?
The Magna Carta
Who spoke publicly about the Bill of Rights?
Patrick Henry
The third amendment
The seventh amendment
Right to a public trial by jury.
What was another thing the Bill of Rights took inspiration from?
The English Bill of Rights
Who ratified the Bill of Rights?
The states
The sixth amendment
Right to a speedy trial.
The fifth amendment
No two of the same trials and no selve incrimination.
What was the Bill of Rights influenced by?
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
Who went on trial and was released because of the bill of rights?
John Peter Zenger
The tenth amendment
Rights that are not given to the Federal Government and are not withheld from states are given to the people.
The ninth amendment
People get rights not directly stated in the constitution.
Why was the Bill of Rights delayed?
Many reasons including the opinion that the Constitution shouldn't be amended right away
Who approved 12 of the amendments and gave them to the states to ratify?
Congress