MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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It was important for colonial militias to bear arms.
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Great Britain had forced colonists to keep troops in their homes.
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Many colonists objected to unlawful searches of their homes.
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Americans believed they should be free to express their political views.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Recently freed from the despotic English monarchy, the American people wanted strong guarantees that the new government would not trample upon their newly won freedoms of speech, press and religion, nor upon their right to be free from warrantless searches and seizures.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Amendment guarantees religious freedom The First Amendment, one of the more symbolic and litigious of the amendments, guarantees fundamental rights such as freedom of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights to assemble peacefully and to petition the government.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.