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English History
Charter of Liberties
(1100 A.D.)
Magna Carta
(1215 A.D.)
Confirmation of Charters
(1297 A.D.)
Petition of Right
(1628 A.D.)
Bill of Rights
(1689 A.D.)
American History
Colonial Charters
First Charter of Virginia
(April 6, 1606)
Second Charter of Virginia
(May 23, 1609)
Third Charter of Virginia
(March 12, 1612)
Ordinance for Virginia
(July 24, 1621)
First Charter of Massachusetts
(March 4, 1629)
Charter of Maryland
(June 30, 1632)
Charter of Connecticut
(1662)
Prelude to Independence
Massachusetts Governor's Salary Dispute
(September 11, 1728)
James Otis, Against Writs of Assistance
(February 1761)
Jonathan Edwards: On the Great Awakening
(December 12, 1743)
The Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress
(October 19, 1765)
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
(October 14, 1774)
Declaration of Independence
(July 4, 1776)
Early State Constitutions
New Hampshire Constitution
(January 5, 1776)
South Carolina Constitution
(March 26, 1776)
Virginia Bill of Rights
(June 12, 1776)
Virginia Constitution
(June 29, 1776)
New Jersey Constitution
(July 2, 1776)
Delaware Constitution
(September 10, 1776)
Pennsylvania Constitution
(September 28, 1776)
Maryland Constitution
(November 11, 1776)
North Carolina Constitution
(December 18, 1776)
New York Constitution
(April 20, 1777)
South Carolina Constitution
(March 19, 1778)
Massachusetts Constitution
(1780)
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