Identify a central idea in the bill of rights.
the monarch could only exercise power as stated in the law.
all people, regardless of religion, were equal under the law.
the people surrendered some of their rights to the monarch.
people had a right to overthrow the government if it failed.

The Bills of Rights list the specific freedoms that governments can not threaten or take away.

The antifederalists believed that without a list of personal freedoms , the new national government might abuse its powers. They worried that it would destroy the liberties won in the Revolution.

The First Amendment is, maybe, the most important of the Bills of Rights. It protects the most basic liberties: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly and freedom to petition the government to right wrongs.

porter is writing economic history because he is focusing on the cost of developing vaccines.

ayatollah khomeini can best be described as the leader who declared iran to be an islamic republic.