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Importance Of The First Amendment

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The First Amendment guarantees five basic rights for United States citizens; the freedom of assembly, freedom of press, freedom of speech, freedom to petition, and freedom of religion. In my opinion, the three most important of these are the freedom of religion, speech, and petition. The Freedom of Religion allows people to believe what they want religiously and not be persecuted or prejudiced against because of it. This is one of the most important ones because America was colonized in the 1600’s for religious freedom and expansion. America liberated itself from Britain for many reasons, one of which is because Britain was telling Americans which religions they could be and what they couldn’t be. This is one of the freedoms that was very

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