The First Amendment: Our Guarantee of Individual Rights In 1777, the Continental Congress adopted a set of rules known as the Articles of Confederation. From these meager beginnings sprang thirteen states and a promise of a representational government. Twelve years later congress ratified ten amendments which provided civil liberties to all Citizens, these first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights. Over the years I have come to associate many of these rights to …showed first 75 words of 825 total…

…showed last 75 words of 825 total…Have a Dream,” allowed the Washington Post to break the Watergate scandal, and protected thousands as they participated in the Million Man March. The next millenium will offer its own unique challenges as technology allows people to reach millions through the Internet, online publishing enables documents to reach the farthest corners of our country, and mobile communications will deliver news in minutes. Ironically, it is because of our First Amendment rights that these technologies exist.