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A 5 page paper which examines why the Bill of Rights was adopted into the Constitution in 1791. The paper also examines what the Bill of Rights is, and focuses on one of the rights and explains what it means. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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were rights that were agreed upon by the individuals in power to otherwise fill in areas of the Constitution, it seems, that were not previously addressed. The following paper examines
the history of the Bill of Rights in relationship to why they were implemented and then discusses what the Bill of Rights does, or is supposed to do, for the
people. The paper then examines and discusses on particular bill, or right, the First Amendment. The Bill of Rights The colonists of the United States fought against England
for its right to be free. However, when the battles were over and "the Constitutional Convention finished its work, it did not find it necessary to include a bill of
rights in the final version" (Mount, 2005). For the most part the Constitutional Convention addressed the rights of the government, not necessarily the rights of individuals. Many states, at that
point, had such rights written in law and there were many who felt that the Constitution should have some of these rights. One of the most notable of these advocates
was George Mason. He, along with others, "were very disappointed by this decision and refused to sign the document...The argument was that the Constitution did not give the new federal
government the ability to restrict inherent rights, so no list of those rights was necessary" (Mount, 2005). Many people worried that the rights, if listed, would be quickly forgotten while
others argued that the rights of individuals were best represented and protected on a state level (Mount, 2005). Whatever the opinion it was obvious that the issue of
rights was a big concern and some argued that the Constitution should be rejected because of the fact that they did not address the rights of the individual. "In the
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