Done in convention, by the unanimous consent of the states present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names. George Washington, _President, and Deputy from Virginia._ _New Hampshire._--John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman. _Massachusetts._--Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King. _Connecticut._--Wm. Samuel Johnson, Roger Sherman. _New-York._--Alexander Hamilton. _New Jersey._--William Livingston, David Brearly, William Paterson, Jonathan Dayton. _Pennsylvania._--Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, Thomas Fitzsimmons, James Wilson, Thomas Mifflin, George Clymer, Jared Ingersoll, Gouverneur Morris. _Delaware._--George Read, Gunning Bedford, Jr., John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Jacob Broom. _Maryland._--James M'Henry, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Daniel Carroll. _Virginia._--John Blair, James Madison, Jr. _North Carolina._--William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson. _South Carolina._--John Rutledge, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. _Georgia._--William Few, Abraham Baldwin. _Attest:_ William Jackson, _Secretary_. Amendments. Article 1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Art. II. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Art. III. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in a time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. Art. IV. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized. Art. V. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service, in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject, for the same offense, to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.