Forests cover about 26 percent of North America's land area and represent more than 12 percent of the world's forests. The United States is the fourth most forested country in the world with 226 million hectares. Canada's forest area has not grown during the past decade but forests in the United States have increased by almost 3.9 million hectares.
The promise of a Bill of Rights to do just that helped to assuage the Anti-Federalistsâ concerns. The newly elected Congress drafted the Bill of Rights on December 25, 1789. Virginiaâs ratification on this day in 1791 created the three-fourths majority necessary for the ten amendments to become law.
Answer by Jjj7132. Confidence votes 29. The Bill of Rights was not signed, like the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution was signed by those who wrote the document. The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. They were introduced as a series of amendments,in the first Congress, by James Madison, in 1789.Ten of the amendments were ratified and became the Bill of Rights in 1791.