Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Bill of Rights vs. The Declaration of Independence
- Bill of Rights
- Written by: James Madison
- A list of protected rights
- Ratified on September 25, 1789
- Influenced by the Virginia Declaration of Independence
- Declaration of Independence
- Written by:
- Thomas Jefferson
- Ben Franklin
- John Adams
- Roger Sherman
- Robert R. Livingston
- Signed on July 4, 1176
- Wrote to declare independence from England
- Listed a list of complaints towards the king
- Both documents were used to protect rights of people.
- Declaration of Sentiments
- Grievances
- Women cant vote
- Divorce laws make it hard for women to divorce me.
- Women were viewed as basically objects
- Modeled after the declaration of independence