Home›Sources›Bill of Rights Ratified: December 15, 1791 (Gilder Lehrman Institute)SourcesBill of Rights Ratified: December 15, 1791 (Gilder Lehrman Institute)Gilder Lehrman InstituteCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextPolitical Atlas. "Bill of Rights Ratified: December 15, 1791 (Gilder Lehrman Institute)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://political.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-gilderlehrman-bill-of-rights.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextPolitical Atlas. (n.d.). Bill of Rights Ratified: December 15, 1791 (Gilder Lehrman Institute). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://political.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-gilderlehrman-bill-of-rightsCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{politicalatlas-bill-of-rights-ratified-december-15-1791, author = {Political Atlas}, title = {Bill of Rights Ratified: December 15, 1791 (Gilder Lehrman Institute)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://political.interactiveatlas.org/sources/source-gilderlehrman-bill-of-rights}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedGilder Lehrman Institute of American History page on the December 15, 1791 ratification of the U.S. Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedGilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryURLWell-attestedhttps://www.gilderlehrman.org/news/bill-rights-ratified-december-15-1791Source TypeWell-attestedInstitutionalReliability TierWell-attested1SourcesBill of Rights Ratified: December 15, 1791 (Gilder Lehrman Institute)tier 1Gilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicDocuments, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Political Figures, 1 claims: 1 holds.Well-attested7DocumentsUnited States Bill of RightsSourcesBill of Rights Ratified: December 15, 1791 (Gilder Lehrman Institute)Holds2DocumentsUnited States Bill of RightsPolitical FiguresJames MadisonConnected2DocumentsUnited States Bill of RightsGeneral References1DocumentsUnited States Bill of RightsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year