BILL PASSES FIRST CONGRESS ON THIS DATE

THIS DAY IN HISTORY – Bill of Rights passes Congress – 1789 – The Burning Platform

The first Congress of the United States approved 12 amendments
to the U.S.
Constitution, and sent them to the states for ratification.

The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to
protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom
of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to
fair legal procedure and to bear arms; and powers not delegated
to the federal government were reserved for the states and the
people.

Influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689, the Bill of Rights
was also drawn from Virginia’s Declaration of Rights, drafted by
George Mason in 1776.

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GEORGE MASON (1725 – 1792)

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