The Bill Of Rights

The "Bill of Rights", were proposed by the First Congress of the United States and submitted to the States September 25, 1789.


They were ratified by the following States, and the notifications of the ratification by the governors thereof were successfully communicated by the President to the Congress;


New Jersey, November 20, 1789;
Maryland, December 19, 1789; 
North Carolina, December 22, 1789; 
South Carolina, January 19, 1790; 
New Hampshire, January 25, 1790; 
Delaware, January 28, 1790; 
Pennsylvania, March 10, 1790; 
New York, March 27, 1790; 
Rhode Island, June 15, 1790; 
Vermont, November 2, 1791; 
Virginia, December 15, 1791. 


ProForma ratifications by: 
Massachusetts, March 2, 1939; 
Connecticut, April 19, 1939; 
Georgia, March 18, 1939 made the ratification unanimous for the thirteen states qualified to ratify the amendments.
The ratification by Vermont also was ProForma, having joined the union March 4, 1791, a year and a half after the proposed amendments were sent to the states.


They were adopted and became effective December 15, 1791, with the tenth qualified ratification by Virginia completing the three-fourths of the states required for adoption, as declaratory and restrictive constraints of National power as against We The People and the States, in addition to like curbs in the body of the Constitution.