the amendments
...oman who is punished by law shall be held for more than their punishment is worth. For example, if a citizen were to steal an item from a store and he were to be punished by a fine of five-hundred dollars while another citizen comits a more severe crime gets charged with less of a punishment than the previous person. The movement for The Bill Of Rights initiated in 1764 in a town called Roanoke Virginia. The idea for the amendment was to abolish the unconstitutional treatment of prisoners and citizens. George Washington and atleast 2 representtives from each of the 13 colonies needed to sign the Constitution to pass it in 1791. If the eighth amendment was not passed many people would be treated unjustly in the court systems. Next would be the nineteenth amendment, this amendment was passed to give women suffrage. It was passed in 1920 in Washington D.C. Women would not be able to vote if the nineteenth ...