<Tr> <Td> Sixteenth Article: The powers delegated by the Constitution to the government of the United States, shall be exercised as therein appropriated, so that the Legislative shall never exercise the powers vested in the Executive or Judicial; nor the Executive the powers vested in the Legislative or Judicial; nor the Judicial the powers vested in the Legislative or Executive . </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Seventeenth Article: The powers not delegated by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it, to the States, are reserved to the States respectively . </Td> <Td> Twelfth Article: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people . </Td> <Td> Twelfth Article: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people . </Td> <Td> Ratified: December 15, 1791 Tenth Amendment </Td> </Tr> <P> The twelve articles of amendment approved by congress were officially submitted to the Legislatures of the several States for consideration on September 28, 1789 . The following states ratified some or all of the amendments: </P> <Ol> <Li> New Jersey: Articles One and Three through Twelve on November 20, 1789, and Article Two on May 7, 1992 </Li> <Li> Maryland: Articles One through Twelve on December 19, 1789 </Li> <Li> North Carolina: Articles One through Twelve on December 22, 1789 </Li> <Li> South Carolina: Articles One through Twelve on January 19, 1790 </Li> <Li> New Hampshire: Articles One and Three through Twelve on January 25, 1790, and Article Two on March 7, 1985 </Li> <Li> Delaware: Articles Two through Twelve on January 28, 1790 </Li> <Li> New York: Articles One and Three through Twelve on February 24, 1790 </Li> <Li> Pennsylvania: Articles Three through Twelve on March 10, 1790, and Article One on September 21, 1791 </Li> <Li> Rhode Island: Articles One and Three through Twelve on June 7, 1790, and Article Two on June 10, 1993 </Li> <Li> Vermont: Articles One through Twelve on November 3, 1791 </Li> <Li> Virginia: Article One on November 3, 1791, and Articles Two through Twelve on December 15, 1791 (After failing to ratify the 12 amendments during the 1789 legislative session .) </Li> </Ol>

The bill of rights was added to the constitution after it had been adopted