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Amendment VII

Mary and Juliana May 14, 2012 History 7,8

Amendment VII

Amendment seven was an important part in our American history. Amendment seven was proposed on September 25,1789. New York ratified the seventh Amendment on February 24,1790. Fourteen states ended up ratifying it. At the time they had made the first Ten Amendments of the Constitution; The Bill of Rights.

Amendment seven was put in as an amendment to help courts in civil cases. This help courts dicide wiether it would be a two hundred dollar charge or twenty dollar charge. It deals with certian guarantees in civil law in federal courts. A person's right to a trial by jury shall be agreed. No fact tried by a jury should be reconsidered in any court of the United States then according to the rules of a common law.

If someone got into an accident and their injury cost them about twenty dollars they can have the right a trial by jury guaranteed. If someone gets in a car crash that costs them about two hundred dollars the state has the right to know and the state also guarantee jury trial in civil cases. The goverment may or may not be a party in a civil suit. It is way more serious if your injury cost twenty dollars or two hundred dollars. This helps courts decide what charge to give to the assulter.

The Bill Of Rights is the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution. During this time the people were debating wether or not to ratify for the constitution. The people argued whether the rights would protect them or not. After all the arguing about the Bill Of Rights protecting them, the government approved the Bill Of Rights after the Constitution was ratified. This is now a law that carries on today.

Sources, 1. About. com 2. History Book 3. U.S. Constitution. net