the ratified articles became the first ten amendments of the united states constitution on december 15, 1791.
the ratified articles became the first ten amendments of the united states constitution on december 15, 1791.
when did the ratified articles become the first ten amendments of the united states constitution?
december 15 , 1791
the enrolled original joint resolution passed by congress on september 25, 1789, on permanent display in the rotunda, reads as:









































on december 15, 1791, the bill of rights (the first ten amendments to the constitution) was adopted, having been ratified by three-fourths of the states, having been ratified as a group by all the fourteen states then in existence except connecticut, massachusetts, and georgia – which added ratifications in 1939.









































section::::militia in the decades following ratification.
second amendment to the united states constitution
thirty-three amendments to the united states constitution have been proposed by the united states congress and sent to the states for ratification since the constitution was put into operation on march 4, 1789. twenty-seven of these, having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the constitution. the first ten amendments were adopted and ratified simultaneously and are known collectively as the bill of rights. six amendments adopted by congress and sent to the states have not been ratified by the required number of states. four of these amendments are still technically open and pending, one is closed and has failed by its own terms, and one is closed and has failed by the terms of the resolution proposing it. all 33 amendments are listed and detailed in the tables below.
list of amendments to the united states constitution