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**//__ How they came up with the Bill of Rights __//** From when the americans first setteled in virginia, they enjoyed rights from the english and when the english violated those rights they became wary and when the constitution was created they demanded an explict bill of rights. or the anti-federalists did, th federalists didn't think so.Congress voted in September 1789 to submit 12 amendments for ratification by the states. The first two, dealing with congressional size and compensation, failed. The other ten (renumbered to reflect the nonratification of the first two) were ratified by the required ten state legislatures, on Dec. 15, 1791. Delaware ratified it first on December 7, 1787. Pennsylvania ratified it five days later and on Dec. 18, 1787, New Jersey ratified. Georgia ratified the Bill two weeks after New Jersey and Connecticut ratified it on January 9, 1788. Massachussets ratified in early January, 1788,, Maryland on April 28, 1788, and South Carlina on May 32. New Hampshire, Virginia, and New York all ratified in June. Rhode Island ratified it in May and North Carolina in November. The Bill was influenced by George Mason's 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights and the 1689 English Bill of Rights,September 25--the day on which Congressional approval was completed--is celebrated as the anniversary of the federal Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights plays a central role in American law and government, and remains a symbol of the freedoms and culture of the United States.

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