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Mind Map by Mattie Payne, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Mattie Payne
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The Declaration of Independence and The Bill of Rights
- Bill of Rights
- James Madison
wrote the
amendments
- December 15, 1791
- like freedom of speech, press, and religion
- set rules for due process
of law and reserves all
powers not delegated to
the Federal Government
to the people or the
states
- guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual
- first ten amendments to the Constitution
- designed to justify breaking away from a government. The
Bill of Rights was designed to establish a government
- James Madison
wrote the
amendments
- The Declaration of Independence
- the founding document of the United States
- Approved by the Continental Congress on July 4th, 1770
- Thomas Jefferson wrote it
- John Handcock was the first to sign
the document
- John Handcock was the first to sign
the document
- the goal was to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and announce the creation of a new country
- the founding document of the United States
- Declaration of Sentiments.
- outlining the rights that American women should be
entitled to as citizens
- begins by asserting the equality of all men and women and reiterates that both
genders are endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness
- read by Stanton at the Seneca Falls
Convention on July 20
- 68 women and 32 men signed although many eventually
withdrew their names because of the intense ridicule and
criticism they received after the document was made public.
- marked the start of the
women’s rights movement in
the United States.
- outlining the rights that American women should be
entitled to as citizens
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