In the Summer of 1787, delegates from the 13 colonies convened in Philiadelphia to draft the Constitution. However the framers did not include a specific declaration of rights. The Constitution specified what the government could do but not what the government could not do.
	The Constitution was signed in September 1787 and sent to the Congress. The people ratified the Constitution only after its framers pledged to add to it such protections. Congress added them in 1789, and in 1791 two-thirds of the states ratified the first ten amendments to the Constitution, which became known as the Bill of Rights.
	On August 24, 1789, the House approved 17 admendments and passed them on to the Senate for its consideration. The Senators reduced the 17 admendments to 12. The states rejected only two of the proposed amendments. So the Bill of Rights are the firs t 10 amendments to the Constitution.
	The first amendment guaranteed the Freedom of: Speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly and requesting (petitioning) for changes in the government. Every citizen and non-citizen is entitled to these rights.
	The minimum voting age in the United States is 18. In order to be a president a person must be born in the United States and be at least 35 years of age.