Read the text and decide if the statements are True, False, or Not stated. The Bill of Rights In the summer of 1787, delegates from the 13 states met in Philadelphia and drafted a remarkable blueprint for self-government — the Constitution of the United States. The first draft set up a system of checks and balances that included a strong executive branch, a representative legislature and a federal judiciary. The Constitution was remarkable but deeply flawed. For one thing, it did not include a specific declaration of individual rights. It specified what the government could do but did not say what it could not do. For another, it did not apply to everyone. It was meant for white men only. The absence of a "bill of rights" turned out to be an obstacle to the Constitution's ratification by the states. It would take four more years of intense debate before the new government's form would be resolved. The Federalists opposed including a bill of rights because they thought it was unnecessary. The Anti-Federalists, who were afraid of a strong centralised government, refused to support the Constitution without one. Finally, popular opinion was decisive. 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. So, the Constitution's writers agreed with Thomas Jefferson who argued: "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference". The American Bill of Rights, inspired by Jefferson and drafted by James Madison, was adopted, and in 1791 the Constitution's first ten amendments, called "the Bill of Rights" became the law of the land. Now there are 27 amendments in the American Constitution. The first draft of the Constitution of the United States of America was for men only. Some American states didn't support the Constitution without the Bill of Rights. The Federalists didn't support Thomas Jefferson. Twenty-seven amendments were created after 1791.

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Read the text and decide if the statements are True, False, or Not stated.

The Bill of Rights

In the summer of 1787, delegates from the 13 states met in Philadelphia and drafted a remarkable blueprint for self-government — the Constitution of the United States. The first draft set up a system of checks and balances that included a strong executive branch, a representative legislature and a federal judiciary.

The Constitution was remarkable but deeply flawed. For one thing, it did not include a specific declaration of individual rights. It specified what the government could do but did not say what it could not do. For another, it did not apply to everyone. It was meant for white men only.

The absence of a "bill of rights" turned out to be an obstacle to the Constitution's ratification by the states. It would take four more years of intense debate before the new government's form would be resolved. The Federalists opposed including a bill of rights because they thought it was unnecessary. The Anti-Federalists, who were afraid of a strong centralised government, refused to support the Constitution without one.

Finally, popular opinion was decisive. 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. So, the Constitution's writers agreed with Thomas Jefferson who argued: "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference".

The American Bill of Rights, inspired by Jefferson and drafted by James Madison, was adopted, and in 1791 the Constitution's first ten amendments, called "the Bill of Rights" became the law of the land. Now there are 27 amendments in the American Constitution.

Choose the correct option.

The first draft of the Constitution of the United States of America was for men only. [True|False|Not stated]

Some American states didn't support the Constitution without the Bill of Rights. [True|False|Not stated]

The Federalists didn't support Thomas Jefferson. [True|False|Not stated]

Twenty-seven amendments were created after 1791. [True|False|Not stated]

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