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Third Charter of Virginia
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Ordinance for Virginia
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First Charter of Massachusetts
(March 4, 1629)
Charter of Maryland
(June 30, 1632)
Charter of Connecticut
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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)
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