The nationalism and patriotism of European nations, particularly the Great Powers, were significant factors in the road to World War I.
The United States Bill of Rights: First 10 Amendments to the Constitution. Preamble. Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
Article Seven says that the new government under the Constitution would not start until conventions in at least nine states approved the Constitution. Amendments. Since 1787, Congress has written 33 amendments to change the Constitution, but the states have ratified only 27 of them. The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights. They were argued over during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, but it wasn't until 1791 that they were ratified by two-thirds of the states.