<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> <P> Having been approved by the requisite three - fourths of the several states, there being 14 States in the Union at the time (as Vermont had been admitted into the Union on March 4, 1791), the ratification of Articles Three through Twelve was completed and they became Amendments 1 through 10 of the Constitution . President Washington informed Congress of this on December 30, 1791 . </P>

Who did the bill of rights not protect