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The First Amendment is Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition. This is
what the First Amendment says “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.”

What that basically means is that
we have the freedom to say what we
The First Amendment is sort of want, we live in a country that we
like the Sixth Amendment, but are allowed to do so. We have the
not exactly. The only thing that option to pick which religion we
makes it somewhat the same choose to follow. We have the right
as that in the first one it says to show others what are religion is
freedom of speech. In the sixth by using media and other forms of
one is says right to a speedy communication, which is held safe
trial. Meaning you don’t have by the freedom of press. Us as
to plead guilty, you don’t have Americans also have the right to
to say anything you don’t want want to change things about our
to say. So in that case they sort law, through the freedom of
of relate somewhat. petition.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PRESS RELIGION AND PETITION

The first amendment is talking about us as American citizens of the
United States. It’s talking about protecting us with or
speech, press, religion and petition. It’s meant for all the people that are in
the United States. It was written in 1777 by Thomas Jefferson. This law was
made so that people would be protected from choosing there
religion, saying specific things, being allowed to say that there is a law they
don’t agree with and being able to tell others about there religion they are
following. It was done by first being written and then proposed to the
Virginia Legislature in 1779. many years later on January 16, 1786 it finally
became a law.

Thomas Jefferson was president when the first amendment was
made. It has not been disputed since it was last put out. Yes we are
better off with it because it gives people the freedom to do
things, without we would have no freedom.

Voting at age 18

The 26th amendment talks about people being of the age at 18 to vote. It’s self
explanatory, anyone who is of the age of 18 that is a United States citizen has the
right to vote.

The president was Dwight D. Eisenhower when the 26th amendment was
ratified. What it is, is letting people vote at the age of 18. President Nixon
signed the constitution approving it. It was the fastest amendment ever passed
for the constitution. It was finally passed in 1972, the YMCA and NAACP helped
get the law to pass along with some other youth activities. They made this
amendment because the youth wanted to be able to have a say in stuff. They
did it by getting a ton of youth groups to get together and get there decision
on it.

The 26th Amendment

It doesn’t relate to any other amendments. The original age was set to 21
right off of the bat. It was been disputed in a way. The argued about it when the
voting was set to age 21 in the beginning, people didn’t like it. So then that’s
when they came up with the 26th amendment allowing people to vote at the
age of 18. We don’t really need this amendment because voting at the age of
21 or 18 doesn’t make that much of a difference. But yes voting at the age of 21
would be better because you have more of an understanding on things. At the
age of 18 you may not always make the smartest decision that you possibly
would if you were 21. It took three months for it to be passed.

Citations:

1. http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html
2. http://www.religioustolerance.org/amend_1.htm
3. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=pictures+of+the+first+
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4. http://democracyday.com/the-26th-amendment.html
5. http://www.learner.org/workshops/civics/workshop2/readings/yo
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6. http://introductorystats.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/a-statistical-
look-at-the-ammendments-to-the-united-states-constitution/

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