The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments added to the US constitution designed to preserve our rights and limit the power of the national government. For example, the 1rst Amendment protects people's freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition, the 4th Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government, the 5th Amendment guarantees the right to due process of law, the freedom from self-incrimination and double jeopardy and the 10th Amendment gives people and the states "reserved powers" in order to secure that the government do not deny states some of their rights.