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The **Bill of Rights** consists of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791:
1. **First Amendment**: Protects the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.
2. **Second Amendment**: Protects the right to keep and bear arms.
3. **Third Amendment**: Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent in peacetime.
4. **Fourth Amendment**: Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant based on probable cause.
5. **Fifth Amendment**: Provides for the right to due process of law, protection against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and eminent domain (government compensation for property taken for public use).
6. **Sixth Amendment**: Guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, the right to be informed of the charges, to confront witnesses, and to have an attorney.
7. **Seventh Amendment**: Preserves the right to a jury trial in civil cases involving claims of more than $20.
8. **Eighth Amendment**: Prohibits excessive bail and fines, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.
9. **Ninth Amendment**: Asserts that the listing of specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights not specifically mentioned.
10. **Tenth Amendment**: States that powers not delegated to the federal government nor prohibited to the states are reserved to the states or the people.
These amendments protect individual liberties and limit the power of the federal government.
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