US Event: The Bill of Rights

In the United States in 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified. The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments made to the US Constitution. It states the basic rights that the government gives all Americans, including freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly, and the right to trial by jury. The addition of these amendments was the way that Congress ensured that all of the states would ratify the US Constitution.

James Madison and George Mason were both influential in writing these amendments. This document is today a symbol for American freedom, and every American is taught about it. It also connects to the Industrial Revolution because that Revolution began in Britain, and this document symbolizes the concrete idea that the United States is finally its own nation, with its own government, and not reliant on any other country. It also shows that the United States was growing and progressing, though not industrially yet.