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The First Amendment protects five freedoms

Freedoms named in the First Amendment

The First Amendment protects five freedoms: religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

Petition — the right to ask the government to fix something — is the one most often forgotten.

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Bill of rights transcriptU.S. National Archives

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