A Bill of Rights was
A) ratified at the same time as the U.S. Constitution.
B) ratified in state constitutional conventions.
C) passed by the First Congress and sent to the states for ratification.
D) drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
E) drafted and supported at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.

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The Bill of Rights was not part of the original U.S. Constitution, but rather was passed by the First Congress and sent to the states for ratification. It consists of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

A Bill of Rights Was