United States Bill of Rights

About this film

The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. They were introduced as a series of amendments in 1789 in the First United States Congress by James Madison. Ten of the amendments were ratified and became the Bill of Rights in 1791. These amendments limit the powers of the federal government, protecting the rights of all citizens, residents and visitors on United States territory. (Summary from Wikipedia ) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. M4B audio book (43mb)

Directors & creators

James Madison

Subjects

Bill of Rights;Constitution;United States;Independence;History;Madison;Free Speech;Amendments;Bear Arms;Amendment

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