Bill of Rights

5. The Virginia Declaration of Rights, written by _______, strongly influenced Madison.
7. _______ shall not be required
9. Virginia’s legislature became the last to ratify the amendments on ______ 15, 1791.
10. Who argued that the Constitution did not need a bill of rights
12. The person lists specific prohibitions on governmental power
13. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
15. No person shall be held to answer for a ______, or otherwise infamous crime

1. The person who wrote the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
2. The House approved 17 _______
3. Who objected that Congress had no authority to change the wording of the Constitution itself
4. In all criminal ________, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial
6. the right of trial by jury shall be _______
8. The powers not delegated to the United States by the __________
11. The Bill of Rights is a list of limits on ______ power
14. Other precursors to the Bill of Rights include English documents such as the _____________