The First Amendment
is one of the most important rights that American citizens have
today. The patriots of the 1700’s felt the important
need to break away from the hold of the stifling British
government and became a country unto themselves, establishing
many of the freedoms we have today. These freedoms include
freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion,
and freedom to assemble.
Since our country’s
inception, the foundations of freedom may be directly attributed
to the regulations placed upon colonists by England and the
desire of these colonists to become self-governing. When the
Continental Congress met and began to write the Constitution
they were careful to balance the power between the national
government and the people in an effort to prevent an
overindulgence of power by the national government as they felt
Great Britain had done.
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