Introduced it to the 1st United States Congress as a series of legislative articles.
Who is James Madison ?
100
Is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
On August 21, 1789
When were the amendments adopted by the House of Representatives?
100
The only state refused to send delegates to the convention.
What is Rhode Island ?
100
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.
What is Amendment 3 ?
200
Influenced the Bill with his 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights.
Who is George Mason ?
200
To set limits on government actions in regard to personal liberties.
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
200
September 25, 1778
When is the Bill of Rights created ?
200
The new Constitution's first Congress, which met in this hall?
What is New York City's Federal Hall ?
200
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, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
What is Amendment 1 ?
300
Argued that the act of enumerating the rights of the people would have been dangerous, because it would imply that rights not explicitly mentioned did not exist.
Who is James Wilson ?
300
Offered only an illusion of protection against tyranny.
What is Parchment Barrier ?
300
December 15, 1791
When was the Bills of Rights Ratified ?
300
The Senate of eleven states contained 20 Federalists with only two Anti-Federalists, both from this state.
What is Virginia ?
300
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
What is Amendment 8 ?
400
Three delegates were still at the convention refused to sign the constitution.
Who are Mason, Gerry, and Edmund Randolph ?
400
Became the last to ratify the amendments on December 15, 1791.
What is the Virginia’s legislature ?
400
Took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
What is the Philadelphia Convention ?
400
The House included 48 Federalists to 11 Anti-Federalists, the latter of whom were from only these four states.
What is Massachusetts, New York, Virginia and South Carolina ?
400
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
What is Amendment 9 ?
500
Publicly opposed the Constitution, a position known as "Anti-Federalism".
Who are Patrick Henry or Samuel Adams or Richard Henry Lee ?
500
13 delegates left before the signing of this.
What is the Constitution ?
500
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, and Connecticut—ratified the Constitution with relative ease.
When is December 1787 and January 1788 ?
500
One of the first fourteen copies of the Bill of Rights is on public display at the National Archives in this place.
What is Washington D.C ?
500
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.