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Key Documents of Liberty: 17th Century North America
This List Is By:
Liberty Fund Staff
Liberty Fund, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
This collection of Key Documents of Liberty documents the struggle to create free institutions from the ancient world to the modern. It is part of a series of Reading Lists which will include:
- Key Documents of Liberty: The Ancient and Medieval Periods
- Key Documents of Liberty: 17th Century England
- Key Documents of Liberty: 17th Century North America
- Key Documents of Liberty: 18th Century America
The following documents were taken from the collection:
1619: Laws Enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 70: [Laws Enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia]
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102708 on 2010-02-05
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1620: The Mayflower Compact
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: Massachusetts: 3: [Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth] (The Mayflower Compact)
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102425 on 2010-02-05
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1621: Constitution for the Council and Assembly in Virginia
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 71: Constitution for the Council and Assembly in Virginia
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102710 on 2010-02-05
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1629: Agreement of the Massachusetts Bay Company
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 6: [Agreement of the Massachusetts Bay Company at Cambridge, England]
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102434 on 2010-02-05
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1637: Providence Agreement
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: Rhode Island: 32: [Providence Agreement]
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102574 on 2010-02-05
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1638: An Act for Church Liberties (Maryland)
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 64: An Act for Church Liberties
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102692 on 2010-02-05
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1638: An Act for the Liberties of the People (Maryland)
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 67: An Act for the Liberties of the People
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102699 on 2010-02-05
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1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 43: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102633 on 2010-02-05
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1641: The Massachusetts Body of Liberties
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 22: [The Massachusetts Body of Liberties]
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102485 on 2010-02-05
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1642: Organization of the Government of Rhode Island
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 37: [Organization of the Government of Rhode Island]
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102589 on 2010-02-05
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1644: Roger Williams, The Bloody Tenent, of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience
Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002). Chapter: The Bloody Tenent, of Persecution, for Cause of Conscience
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/669/206039 on 2010-02-05
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1647: Acts and Orders (Rhode Island)
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 39: Acts and Orders of 1647
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102595 on 2010-02-05
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1647: The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 26: The Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102500 on 2010-02-05
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1649: Maryland Toleration Act
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 68: [Maryland Toleration Act]
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102701 on 2010-02-05
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1661: An Act of the General Court (Mass.)
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 31: [An Act of the General Court]
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102570 on 2010-02-05
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1682: Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 59: Charter of Liberties and Frame of Government of the Province of Pennsylvania in America
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102678 on 2010-02-10
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1682: An Act for Freedom of Conscience (Penn.)
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 60: An Act for Freedom of Conscience
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102683 on 2010-02-05
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1683: Charter of Liberties and Privileges (NY)
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 56: Charter of Liberties and Privileges
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102671 on 2010-02-05
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1701: Pennsylvania Charter of Liberties
Donald S. Lutz, Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998). Chapter: 61: [Pennsylvania Charter of Liberties]
Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/694/102685 on 2010-02-10
The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.