Johnson -1- THE BILL OF RIGHTS By the end of the eighteenth century, the majority of Americans had come to believe that government was created by citizens who consent to live under its laws in order to protect their rights of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." They also felt that a written constitution was necessary for such a government. In 1787 a United States Constitution was drafted with a system of checks and …showed first 75 words of 2642 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2642 total…Bibliography** WORKS CITED Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1765-1769. Federalist Paper: Federalist No. 84. New York: McLean's Edition, 1787. Russia's Soviet Union Bill of Rights of 1936. Rutland, Robert Allen. The Birth of the Bill of Rights. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1983. Stephens, Jr., Otis H. and Scheb II, John M. American's Constitutional Law. 2nd ed. Belmont: West/Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1999.  CONSTITUTIONAL LAW MID-TERM PAPER ON BILL OF RIGHTS BY TERRI P. JOHNSON