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The
Bill of Rights
For information about Constitutional Convention history and
writing of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, explore this
Web site at http://www.jmu.edu/madison/adopt.htm.
You can read about James Madison's proposal of 12 amendments
to guarantee our rights. During the Constitutional Convention,
Madison kept a diary that became so important even Andrew
Jackson appealed to Congress to appropriate $30,000 for Madison's
papers. Create a diary of at least five entries describing
the Constitutional Convention. How much of Madison's proposal
was included in the Bill of Rights that we use today? Why
were some of Madison's suggestions not included?
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