How did the debate over the Bill of Rights influence the rights that were finally included in these ten amendments? Give your response in three to five sentences and use what you read in Jefferson's and Madison's letters.

The Bill of Rights is very important in to American government and law, and to this day it still remains an important symbol of the freedoms given in the United States.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is the very first section of the Bill of Rights. Interfering with the right for peaceably assemble or not allowing petitioning for a redress of grievances by the government

The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution is the section of the United States Bill of Rights which protects the right of individual people to bear arms. Many early colonial American settlers thought of the right to bear arms or having state militias as an important right which had many different purposes, many which were specifically written in early state constitutions. The debate was about whether the right to bear arms was only for militias and armies, or if individuals also were provided that right. The Supreme Court ultimately decided that the right was an individual one in the case.

The Third Amendment makes it illegal and unconstitutional to allow soldiers to temporarily reside in private homes during peace time without the permission of the owner. The only time it is legally allowed to have soldiers live in private homes without the permission of the owner is during wartime, and even then it must follow the law.

The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution is also the fourth in the Bill of Rights. This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable seizures and searches. It also requires all warrants to be approved by a judge and be supported by some probable cause as well. According to the

Amendment, searches and arrests must be limited in scope and should follow the specific

information given to the issuing court and has been sworn on, typically by a

law enforcement officer.

The Fifth Amendment of the Bill of Rights and the United

States Constitution is an amendment that protects people against any abuse of government authority in a legal manner. The amendment guarantees comes from English common law and the Magna Carta. The amendment states that no citizen can be held to answer for a crime unless they are on presentment have been indicted by a Grand Jury, with the exception of cases that come out of the military. Furthermore, the amendment says that no person will be subjected to the same crime or offense twice.

The Fifth Amendment states that a person cannot be compelled to self-incriminate himself by testifying against himself. Individuals cannot be deprived of liberty, property, or life without receiving due process of law. Lastly, a person’s private property cannot be taken for land use without receiving compensation for it.

The Sixth Amendment in the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution describes the rights in criminal prosecutions. The Supreme Court has applied these protections of the Sixth Amendment to all of the states by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.

The Seventh Amendment of the United States Constitution was ratified by the rest of the Bill of Rights and gives the right to a jury trial for specific civil cases. However, the Supreme Court has stated that in other civil cases, they do not get the right to a jury trial for the states in the same way that is usually expected when looking at the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The Eighth Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United

States Constitution is the section of the Bill of Rights which does not allow the federal government to impose bail that is in excessive amounts, fines that are excessive, or punishments that are cruel and unusual. The United States Supreme Court has said that the Cruel and Unusual Punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment is not only applicable to the Federal government, bit it is also applicable to the individual states.

The Ninth Amendment of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution,

talks about the rights of the people who are not specifically enumerated by the United States Constitution. The Ninth Amendment of the Bill of Rights is

usually looked at by the courts as an Amendment that negates any growth of governmental power due to the enumeration of rights found in the Constitution. However, the Ninth Amendment is not thought of as a limiter of governmental power.

The tenth is the Amendment that describes the principle of federalism in the Constitution by saying that any powers not given to the federal government, nor powers that are prohibited to the individual states by the Constitution are then reserved to the people or the states.