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The origin of it comes from people wanting to have freedom and religious freedom without it being enforced onto them by the British ruler and church. -
The first amendment would first be proposed in 1789 but would be ratified with the other amendments in 1791 but the first amendment would begin what allowed the evolution and mass media through freedom of speech and press.
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The freedom of speech is one of the guaranteed rights within the first amendment which allows us to speak freely without being silenced by the government. -
The Freedom of Religion guarantees the freedom to practice religion and prohibits the government from establishing a religion, or setting up a church. -
The Freedom of the Press, prevents the government from interfering with the dissemination of information. -
The Freedom of Assembly but mainly the right of the people to “peaceably assemble” which means to gather to protest nonviolently or picket. -
The Freedom of Petition is the right to petition protects our right to ask the government to fix a wrong or change a policy. -
The Freedom of Redress of Grievances is the right to file suit or also known as a lawsuit against the government. -
The freedom of lobbying is similar to petitioning the government as in supporting a certain politician with money as a way of backing them up. Though it is a question of debate on how this is very close to the line of bribery. -
In Modern times this amendment allowed for us to be able to speak freely without the governments intervention and control over us though with some costs to it with politicians instead controlling media a bit in its own way but we are allowed to criticize others and the government.