When the Bill of rights was written there were no cell phones, the internet or even electricity but have the people changed over the span of years? The Bill of Rights is a basic outline that limits the US government 's power over the citizens of the United States. The Founding Fathers had one thing in mind when they wrote the Bill of Rights; Freedom. They were trying to prevent a government like England that controlled the citizens and did whatever they wanted. If you really look at the bill of rights, it is a vague outline to some of the freedoms that the founding fathers didn’t have before. The Bill of rights has nothing to do with technology except when it comes to freedom of speech. The Bill of rights should never be messed with because