What does the Bill of Rights protect?

Why this is the answer

The Bill of Rights is the name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution. When the Constitution was written in 1787 it listed no individual rights, and many people refused to support it until a list was promised; the ten amendments were added in 1791. They protect basic freedoms such as speech, religion, the press, assembly and petition, and most of them protect everyone living in the United States, not only citizens. Both official answers say this: the basic rights of Americans, or of people living in the United States. Memory hook: a "bill" here is a list, so the Bill of Rights is the list of rights.