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.
The Preamble of the Bill clearly states the Bill of Rights is to prevent abuse of the powers of the Government. By December 15, 1791, all the states ratified ten amendments which became known as the U. S. Bill of Rights to protect the individual rights of American citizens. It would take the 1861-1865 Civil War and the religious civil rights movement of the 1960s to fully effect our Christian culture.