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Bill of Rights: the First Amendment

Author: United States Congress Year: 1791 Length: 454 characters Difficulty: easy Public domain

Five freedoms packed into one sentence with semicolons between them, so the right hand learns the semicolon without looking down.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Art. II. Right to bear and keep arms. 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.

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Congress proposed twelve amendments on 25 September 1789 and sent them to the states. Ten of them were ratified on 15 December 1791 and became known as the Bill of Rights. This first article covers religion, speech, the press, assembly and petition in one sentence. One of the two leftovers waited until 1992, when it entered the Constitution as the twenty seventh amendment.

About this text

Congress proposed twelve amendments on 25 September 1789 and sent them to the states. Ten of them were ratified on 15 December 1791 and became known as the Bill of Rights. This first article covers religion, speech, the press, assembly and petition in one sentence. One of the two leftovers waited until 1992, when it entered the Constitution as the twenty seventh amendment.

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Five freedoms packed into one sentence with semicolons between them, so the right hand learns the semicolon without looking down.

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