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Who created the Bill of Rights? The Bill of Rights was initially drafted by George Mason with the assistance of James Madision. George Mason was a delegate to Virgina's ratification convention, he opposed ratification without amendment. Among the amendments he desired was a bill of rights.James Madision drafted the first ten amendments that became the US Bill of Rights and was the floor leader in the House debate on their adoption.Thomas Jefferson was a person who supported the Bill of Rights. Alexander Hamilton argued aginst the Bill of Rights.

What is the Bill of Rights? The first ten amendements of the United States constitution are more commonly referred to as the “ Bill  of Rights." The  Bill  of  Rights  sets many important laws for American citizens, giving them the right to free speech and religion, the right to assemble, and the right to petition the government and many other things. In order for an amendment to pass, two thirds of both houses must agree to it, or three quarters of the states must ratify a proposed amendment as a group.

Where were the Bill of Rights established? The Bill of Rights were created 1787 Philadelphia Convention.

When were the Bill of Rights written? And why? The Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament in December 1789.

History: The original Constitution, as proposed in 1787 in Philadelphia and as ratified by the states, contained very few individual rights guarantees, as the framers were primarily focused on establishing the machinery for an effective federal government. In the ratification debate, Anti-Federalists opposed to the Constitution, complained that the new system threatened liberties, and suggested that if the delegates had truly cared about protecting individual rights, they would have included provisions that accomplished that. With ratification in serious doubt, Federalists announced a willingness to take up the matter of a series of amendments, to be called the Bill of Rights, soon after ratification and the First Congress comes into session. The Bill of Rights prohibits Congress from making any law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, forbids infringement of "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms...", and prohibits the federal government from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. Madison proposed the Bill of Rights while ideological conflict between Federalists and anti-Federalists, dating from the 1787 Philadelphia Convention , threatened the overall ratification of the new national Constitution.