Founding & Rights1791-1992

The Constitution has 27 amendments

Amendments to the Constitution

The Constitution has 27 amendments.

The first ten are the Bill of Rights, ratified together in 1791. Seventeen have been added in the 234 years since.

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Amendments 11 27U.S. National Archives

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