Bill of Rights Timeline

By Nelsonj4

  • 2nd amendment

    2nd amendment
    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. The right to bear arms.

  • 3rd amendment

    3rd amendment
    No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Not to quater soldiers.

  • 4th amendment

    4th amendment
    The Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause.

  • The 8th amendment

    The 8th amendment
    the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights (ratified December 15, 1791) prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture.

  • The 1st amendment

    The 1st amendment
    The rights stated in the first amendment were freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

  • The 6th amendment

    The 6th amendment
    United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions.

  • The 9th amendment

    The 9th amendment
    the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

  • the 10th amendment

    the 10th amendment
    The U.S. Constitution, which states that, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people.”

  • The 7th amendment

    The 7th amendment
    'In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.'

  • The 5th amendment

    The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and protects a person against being compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in a criminal case.