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Published: 06.06.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
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  • Essays 'The American Bill of Rights', 1.
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The Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extended the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution. This begins the inexorable document, to which our country's inalienable rights were founded on. The Bill of Rights has origins and ideas from various sources throughout history.
One, very similar, document to the US Bill of Rights is the English Bill of Rights. This similarity is most likely because former Englishmen conceived the US Bill of Rights. …

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