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  1. Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.

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  2. The Declaration and Bill of Rights reflect a fear of an overly centralized government imposing its will on the people of the states; the Constitution was designed to empower the central government to preserve the blessings of liberty for “We the People of the United States.”

  3. Jun 2, 2002 · The Bill of Rights; a List of Grievances. 14 Oct. 1774. Whereas, 1 since the close of the last war, the British parliament claiming a power of right to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath in some acts expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising ...

  4. protect the basic principles of human liberty. The U.S. Bill of Rights was influenced by George Mason’s 1776 Vir-ginia Declaration of Rights, the 1689 English Bill of Rights, works of the Age of Enlightenment pertaining to natural rights, and earlier English political documents such as the Magna Carta (1215).

  5. Mar 25, 2021 · On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution. The 1789 Joint Resolution of Congress proposing the amendments is

  6. Jul 10, 2024 · The ratified Articles (Articles 3–12) constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, or the U.S. Bill of Rights. In 1992, 203 years after it was proposed, Article 2 was ratified as the 27th Amendment to the Constitution.

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  8. Apr 21, 2023 · The Bill of Rights. The document on permanent display in the Rotunda is the file copy of the Joint Resolution passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, proposing 12-not 10-amendments to the Constitution. Read a Transcript

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