12 Amendments

George Washington became the first president of the United States soon after winning the war against Great Britain, America becoming the first independent 13 colonies. Since the beginning of his presidency people trusted him, being the one who led the country to victory as the General, contributed to people having faith in him. It states in the book that he chose the Country’s well-being before his own and often made decision following his gut, “he took pains to elevate the public good over private interest and projected honesty and honor over ambition.”(Johnson) Washington took great responsibility and honor of the New build Nation, he didn’t take matters lightly choosing what was best for his country. During his presidency, he was a visionary

Between the years of 1789 – 1800, there were two people given the job of being the President of these United States of America, George Washington, the first president, and John Adams, the second president. Between the years of 1789 – 1800, the United States of America was a very young country who was searching for its identity, a leader, and an economic basis on which to run the country. Before, 1789, when George Washington took office, the Constitution of the United States was a very new document. It had just been ratified 1 year earlier, which meant that the Articles of Confederation, which ruled the country between the years 1783 – 1788, was thrown

George Washington, The first U.S. president, created a cabinet in 1789. A cabinet is a different use of government. New York the brand new government acted fast to make the nation's financial structure increase. The government assumed that the revolutionary war debt the states and the government. The debts paid for a program through new taxes and tariffs. The tax on whiskey was a revolt that the tariffs and taxes led it to, the president got a army and suppressed the tax on whiskey revolt. After that the government adopted the Bill of rights as the ten amendments for the constitution. The federal judiciary was established by the judiciary act of 1789. The Judiciary act of 1789 also establish the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court began to be

It was Thursday and the weather forecast could have been; partially cloudy skies with low chances of rain, winds under 10 mph, and the temperature in the low 30° F. The date was January 1, 1789; New Year’s Day, but most importantly the day that our constitution went into effect. Four months later, George Washington was inaugurated as our first President. The world had turned towards our country wondering about our new social experiment’s future.

“Although Washington hated partisanship and political parties, he tolerated dissent, vicious attacks on his reputation and name, and a divisive press—all in the interest of freedom” (Knott). As he was writing the constitution others saw his leadership, and saw that he was fit to become the first president. At first he didn’t want to become president, but he finally caved in and ran for presidency. During the election on Jan. 7, 1789, he won and became the first US president. When he became president he controlled 11 states, since most of the states were being created. Each decision he made, he knew that they would effect the next president and the way they would govern the US. He nominated the chief justice of the US Supreme Court, creating a first national bank and made his own presidential

George Washington was the very first president of the newborn United States. When he was elected on April, 30 1789, it was a unanimous vote. This young nation started off with many flaws, one such as the birth of two very differing political parties. The Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. When Washington gave his Farewell Address he warned of the “spirit of the party.”

This right states that government make the search and seizure warrant based on the cause. For example, if a person was accused for some crime and that person already have record of the crime before then the court will make the warrant based on that record. Sometime policies don’t need warrant such as bounty hunters, because the court already took the rights of the person who is being accused away. This right

Just like today’s age, in the 1790’s, people questioned, worried and devoted themselves to politics wanting make sure America could pull the nation together. The new government started developing deciding what was important. In 1788 they had the first federal election and had the tasks of: setting a system of the federal court, secure Bill of Rights, establish the executive department and raise the revenue. This led to George Washington becoming president; who appointed Thomas Jefferson first secretary of state and Alexander Hamilton the Treasury Secretary (Schultz, 2013).

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, written by George Mason, strongly influenced Madison. One of the many amendments that have been tried in court is the second amendment. The second amendment says “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Which in short terms means that we as people are allowed to possess with a permit a gun of some kind. But what does is really mean by “a well-regulated militia”? Who falls under the

During the beginning of 1790, Hamilton submitted his report, which was the Public Credit to Congress in January for managing the unpaid Revolutionary debts. He required Congress to pay foreign debts. In December, he passed his report again to Congress about the Bank of the United States for chartering a central bank and allowing the bank to made loads. Then, President Washington “approved the bank opening in Philadelphia…” (Gillon, pg.250). In 1791, Congress let Madison improved ten of twelve amendments as the Bill of Right, also known as the constitutional amendments. And these ten amendments supported Congress and made its authority

In this Modern Era, there are three amendments that greatly impact us; the 13th amendment, 19th amendment, and 22nd amendment. Throughout history many important decisions and laws were made based on age, beliefs, gender, race, and ethnicity which reflect on our society today. The constitution is an important decision wisely created by the United States to protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, and within the constitution are the amendments. Amendments consist of civil rights, civil rights are given to citizens to enjoy political and social freedom as well as equality. Before the 13th amendment African Americans were deprived of their life and pursuit to happiness, when the 13th amendment was ratified and abolished

Amendments are what hold this country together and need to be maintained. The social contract makes the assertion that the people give up a few of their freedoms and rights in exchange for protection (Barbour & Wright, 2014). This idea of freedom for the people spread to the new colonies. These new colonies gradually developed into more advanced systems of freedoms and equalities. Initially, the United States had no power in the central government with the Articles of Confederation. This led the U.S. to form the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution establishes a checks and balances system and separation of powers. The constitution is still used to operate under and is a living, breathing document. In this living document are the Bill of Rights, which guarantee civil liberties.

The Congress that met in New York (from 1789 to 1791) had to give structure to the framework of the new national government that was outlined in the Constitution. Vice President John Adams and others in the Senate agreed to the name “Mr. President”. James pushed for a bill of rights (ten amendments that protected individual rights and liberties and rights of the states). The Bill of Rights were ratified on December 15, 1791 by the states and became a part of the Constitution.

The new country had to have a congress so they set up 3 departments in the executive branch.The first congress had to decide how to set up the nation’s court system. The Judiciary Act of 1789 established a federal court system with 13 district courts and 3 circuit courts to serve the nation. Then the bill of rights was made so the people had rights. In 1790 Hamilton proposed the government pay off millions of dollars in debt to countries and to individual American citizens. Congress agreed to pay the other nations their

During the discussion of the Unites states Constitution many states agreed to approve the constitution if a bill of protection was added. The ideas many stated believed that the bill of rights should include was to protect individual rights. Although many people agreed on this idea some delegates would not approve the Constitution because many thought that the Constitution itself was a bill of rights. Due to many disagreements James Madison wrote twelve amendments when the Congress met in 1789. In September 1789, the twelve amendments were proposed and were sent to the states for ratification. By December 1791 only ten out of the twelve were approved and became part of the Bill of Rights.