Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1787: A was adopted by the Constitutional Convention in , Pennsylvania, and later ratified by conventions in each state: " the of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." 1791: The first ten , known as the of , came into effect. Their main proponent was Thomas . The goal was to protect the basic principles of human , which were not mentioned in the constitution. First Amendment "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of , or of the ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

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