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On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it. Articles 3 to 12, ratified December 15, 1791, by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. Article 2 concerning “varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives” was finally ratified on May 7, 1992 as the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. The first amendment, which concerned the number of constituents for each Representative, was never ratified.
On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it. Articles 3 to 12, ratified December 15, 1791, by three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10 amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. Article 2 concerning “varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives” was finally ratified on May 7, 1992 as the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. The first amendment, which concerned the number of constituents for each Representative, was never ratified.
==See also==
* [[Bill of Rights Day]]
==Further reading==
* Amar, Akhil Reed. ''The Bill of Rights: Creation and Reconstruction.'' (1998). 412 pp. standard history
* Arsenault, Raymond, ed. ''Crucible of Liberty: 200 Years of the Bill of Rights.'' (1991). 215 pp.
* Bodenhamer, David J. and Ely, James W., Jr., eds. ''The Bill of Rights in Modern America: After 200 Years.' '(1993). 246 pp.
* Conley, Patrick T. and Kaminski, John P., eds. ''The Bill of Rights and the States: The Colonial and Revolutionary Origins of American Liberties.'' (1992). 542 pp.
* Ely, James W., Jr. ''The Guardian of Every Other Right: A
Constitutional History of Property Rights.'' (1992). 193 pp.
* Hickok, Eugene W., Jr., ed. ''The Bill of Rights: Original Meaning and Current Understanding.'' (1991). 487 pp
* Hoffman, Ronald and Albert, Peter J., eds. ''The Bill of Rights: Government Proscribed.'' (1997). 463 pp. essays by scholars
* Lacey, Michael J. and Haakonssen, Knud, eds. ''A Culture of Rights: The Bill of Rights in Philosophy, Politics, and Law, 1791-1991.'' (1992). 474 pp.
* Levy, Leonard W. ''Origins of the Bill of Rights.'' (1999). 306 pp.
* Licht, Robert A., ed. ''The Framers and Fundamental Rights.'' American Enterprise Institute Press, 1991. 194 pp.
* Pacheco, Josephine F., ed. ''To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: Rights in American History.'' (George Mason Lectures.) (1993). 194 pp.
* Wood, James E., Jr., ed. ''The First Freedom: Religion and the Bill of Rights.'' Baylor U., Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, 1990. 181 pp.
===Primary sources===
* Cogan, Neil H., ed. ''The Complete Bill of Rights: The Drafts, Debates, Sources, and Origins.'' (1997). 708 pp.
==Transcript of Bill of Rights (1791)==
==Transcript of Bill of Rights (1791)==
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