The Bill of Rights

Written over 200 years ago, the Bill of Rights is considered the cornerstone of our nation's civil liberties and freedom. Many of our Founding Fathers, however, did not wish to include these rights in the Constitution. This program details the struggle between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists to ratify the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights. You will learn how Virginia's Declaration of Rights, authored by George Mason, became the basis for the first ten amendments, as well as how James Madison pushed the Bill of Rights through Congress.

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[PompousFlea]

He forgot to add a part to the video describing when the Bill of Rights died.

[photo986]

What ever happened to We The People. In today's Washington It is We The Lobby Group's, For The Lobby Group's, By The Lobby Groups. Tell your Gov't you want We The People back

[WeepingGuitar99]

@WTBman2011 With SOPA and PIPA, the 1st don't count.

END PIPA AND SOPA!

[WTBman2011]

@WeepingGuitar99 Actually that would be only 9 Amendments. The Bill of Rights is the collection of 10 Amendments. So 9 Bills of Rights would be 90 Amendments.

[WeepingGuitar99]

PIPA and SOPA

There is only 9 Bills of Rights

[49fortyniners]

FREEEEDOM OF SPEECH!

[SchutMeNow]

ndaa will rewrite this video and sopa will take this video down

[wyCerBotMyNem]

@dmax631 yeah all ennglishemn can carry guns that makes sense

[dmax631]

all of these "american rights" were lifted directly from english common law and the english bill of rights.

[jackospade1]

Bill of what? Crap? thats what it sounded like to me.

[jalebiben]

atleast finish it !