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Our Documents: The Bill of Rights (1791) PrimaryOur Documents: The Bill of Rights (1791) Primary
Publisher
US National Archives
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Our Documents: The Bill of Rights (1791)

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An interactive experience with the Bill of Rights. The Our Documents group allows you to view a copy of the original Bill of Rights. There is a brief information section along with links to larger images, a typed transcript, and downloadable PDF (Adobe) files.

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constitutional amendments

Additional Tags

bill of rights, first congress of the united states, u.s. constitution, united states constitution

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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