MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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First Amendment
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Second Amendment
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Third Amendment
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Sixth Amendment
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Third Amendment of the Bill of Rights prohibits the peacetime quartering of soldiers. The King refused colonists permission to petition for a redress of their grievances.
Detailed explanation-2: -For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: Thomas Jefferson is referring to the Quartering Acts, which forced colonists to house soldiers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Grievance 20 This is a reference to “The Quebec Act” of 1774. The “Royal Proclamation of 1763” attempted to force the French-Canadian population to assimilate English culture and law and encourage the English/colonial population to settle in Canada to complete this assimilation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Declaration of Independence was designed for multiple audiences: the King, the colonists, and the world. It was also designed to multitask. Its goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country.