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image shows the original Bill of Rights, which was added to the U.S.
Constitution as the first ten Amendments in 1791. The document
originally contained twelve proposed amendments, but only ten were
ratified by the states. (The other two dealt with matters of
Congressional representation and pay.) The document was written
by James Madison, and is based largely on the famous Virginia
Declaration of Rights, written in 1776 by George Mason. The
image is from the online collection of the National Archives. |
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Copyright
Notice
Text,
arrangement, and background Copyright 2006 by David
Burns. The image shown above is from the National Archives
online
collection, and is believed to be in the public domain. Images
in
the
public domain may normally be used by teachers and students freely for
instructional use. Please credit the National Archives if you
use this image.
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