The Constitution
Read America's founding document and all 27 amendments in plain English
The Bill of Rights (Amendments I-X)
First Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Second Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Third Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Fourth Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Fifth Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Sixth Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Seventh Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Eighth Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Ninth Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Tenth Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: Dec 15, 1791
Additional Amendments (XI-XXVII)
Eleventh Amendment
Passed: Mar 4, 1794
Ratified: Feb 7, 1795
Twelfth Amendment
Passed: Dec 9, 1803
Ratified: Jun 15, 1804
Thirteenth Amendment
Passed: Jan 31, 1865
Ratified: Dec 6, 1865
Fourteenth Amendment
Passed: Jun 13, 1866
Ratified: Jul 9, 1868
Fifteenth Amendment
Passed: Feb 26, 1869
Ratified: Feb 3, 1870
Sixteenth Amendment
Passed: Jul 12, 1909
Ratified: Feb 3, 1913
Seventeenth Amendment
Passed: May 13, 1912
Ratified: Apr 8, 1913
Eighteenth Amendment
Passed: Dec 18, 1917
Ratified: Jan 16, 1919
Nineteenth Amendment
Passed: Jun 4, 1919
Ratified: Aug 18, 1920
Twentieth Amendment
Passed: Mar 2, 1932
Ratified: Jan 23, 1933
Twenty-First Amendment
Passed: Feb 20, 1933
Ratified: Dec 5, 1933
Twenty-Second Amendment
Passed: Mar 21, 1947
Ratified: Feb 27, 1951
Twenty-Third Amendment
Passed: Jun 16, 1960
Ratified: Mar 29, 1961
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Passed: Aug 27, 1962
Ratified: Jan 23, 1964
Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Passed: Jul 6, 1965
Ratified: Feb 10, 1967
Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Passed: Mar 23, 1971
Ratified: Jul 1, 1971
Twenty-Seventh Amendment
Passed: Sept 25, 1789
Ratified: May 7, 1992