the constitution was ratified with the bill of rights on december 15, 1791.
the constitution was ratified with the bill of rights on december 15, 1791.
when was the constitution ratified with the bill of rights?
december 15 , 1791
some representatives mistrusted proposals to enlarge federal powers, because they were concerned about the inherent risks of centralizing power. federalists, including james madison, initially argued that a bill of rights was unnecessary, sufficiently confident that the federal government could never raise a standing army powerful enough to overcome a militia. federalist noah webster argued that an armed populace would have no trouble resisting the potential threat to liberty of a standing army. anti-federalists, on the other hand, advocated amending the constitution with clearly defined and enumerated rights providing more explicit constraints on the new government. many anti-federalists feared the new federal government would choose to disarm state militias. federalists countered that in listing only certain rights, unlisted rights might lose protection. the federalists realized there was insufficient support to ratify the constitution without a bill of rights and so they promised to support amending the constitution to add a bill of rights following the constitution's adoption. this compromise persuaded enough anti-federalists to vote for the constitution, allowing for ratification. the constitution was declared ratified on june 21, 1788, when nine of the original thirteen states had ratified it. the remaining four states later followed suit, although the last two states, north carolina and rhode island, ratified only after congress had passed the bill of rights and sent it to the states for ratification. james madison drafted what ultimately became the bill of rights, which was proposed by the first congress on june 8, 1789, and was adopted on december 15, 1791.
second amendment to the united states constitution
spanish remained an official language of government until a new constitution ratified on january 17, 1973 designated english and pilipino, spelled in that draft of the constitution with a "p" instead of the more modern "f", as official languages. shortly thereafter, presidential proclamation no. 155 dated march 15, 1973 ordered that the spanish language should continue to be recognized as an official language so long as government documents in that language remained untranslated. a later constitution ratified in 1987 designated filipino and english as official languages. also, under this constitution, spanish, together with arabic, was designated an optional and voluntary language.
spanish language in the philippines