Which of the following was not required to be an American citizen according to the 1790 Naturalization Act. A.) one had to be a free person in order to apply to become a citizen
B.) one had to be a good character in order to apply to become a citizen
C.) one had to live in the United States for 14 years in order to apply to become a citizen
D.) one had to be white in order to apply become a citizen

the first 10 amendments to the u.s. constitution are known as the bill of rights. those 10 amendments establish the most basic freedoms for americans including the rights to worship how they want, speak how they want, and assembly and peaceably protest their government how they want. the amendments have also been subject to much interpretation since their adoption, particularly the right to carry a gun under the second amendment.

"a bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference," said thomas jefferson, the author of the declaration of independence and the third president of the united states.

true, they can both only can be studied with ancient text.