Key Documents of Liberty

This is a collection of some of the most important legal documents, charters, constitutions, and declarations in the western tradition.

-1750: The Code of Hammurabi (Johns translation)

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Code of Hammurabi

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-1750: The Code of Hammurabi (King translation)

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Hammurabi's Code

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Source: Translated by L. W. King (1910)

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1117: Articles of the Communal Charter of Amiens

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Augustin Thierry

Source: Augustin Thierry, The Formation and Progress of the Tiers État, or Third Estate in France, translated from the French by the Rev. Francis B. Wells, Two volumes in One (London: Henry G.…

1215: Magna Carta

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Magna Carta

1215: Magna Carta (Latin and English)

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Magna Carta

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Source: The Roots of Liberty: Magna Carta, Ancient Constitution, and the Anglo-American Tradition of…

1602: Coke, Preface to the 2nd Part of the Reports (Pamphlet)

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Sir Edward Coke

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

1619: Laws enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1620: The Mayflower Compact

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1621: Constitution for the Council and Assembly in Virginia

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1628: Petition of Right

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Coke's Selected Writings vol. 3

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Sir Edward Coke

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

Petition of…
1629: Agreement of the Massachusetts Bay Company

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1637: Providence Agreement

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1638: Act for Church Liberties (Maryland)

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1638: Act for the Liberties of the People (Maryland)

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1639: Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1640/1: The Triennial Act

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Source: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660,…

1641: Massachusetts Body of Liberties

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1641: The Act for the Abolition of the Court of High Commission

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Source: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660,…

1641: The Act for the Abolition of the Court of Star Chamber

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1641: The Tonnage and Poundage Act

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1642: Organization of the Government of Rhode Island

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1642: Propositions made by Parliament and Charles I’s Answer

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Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

1644: Williams, Bloody Tenet, of Persecution (Letter)

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1647: Acts and Orders (Rhode Island)

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1647: Laws and Liberties of Massachusetts

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1647: The Agreement of the People, as presented to the Council of the Army

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Source: Samuel Rawson Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660,…

1647: The Putney Debates

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Source: Sir William Clarke, Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9) from the Clarke Manuscripts with Supplementary Documents,…

1648/9: The Agreement of the People

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1649: A Declaration of Parliament

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Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

1649: Ball, Rule of a Free-Born People (Pamphlet)

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Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

1649: Maryland Toleration Act

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1649: Rous, Lawfulness of Obeying the Present Government (Pamphlet)

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Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

1658: Coke, Prohibitions del Roy (Pamphlet)

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Sir Edward Coke

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.

1660: Milton, A Free Commonwealth (Pamphlet)

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Source: Editor's Introduction from The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty…

1661: Act of the General Court (of Mass.)

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1675: Shaftesbury, Letter from a Person of Quality (Pamphlet)

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Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2.

1675: Shaftesbury, Speech in Parliament (Pamphlet)

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Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury

Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2.

1679: Habeas Corpus Act

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Source: Appendix to Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-Government, 3rd revised edition, ed. Theodore D. Woolsey (Philadelphia: J.B.…

1682: Act for Freedom of Conscience (Penn.)

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Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution William Penn

Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1682: Charter of the Liberties and Frame of Government of Pennsylvania

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1683: Charter of Liberties and Privileges (New York)

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1689: English Bill of Rights

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Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)…

1692: Shower, Reasons for a New Bill of Rights (Pamphlet)

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Source: The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political Tracts, 2 vols, ed. Joyce Lee Malcolm (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 2.

1701: Pennsylvania Charter of Liberties

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Source: Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, ed. Donald S. Lutz (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund 1998).

1736: Brief Narrative of the Trial of Peter Zenger

"A Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger"
Printer of the New York Weekly Journal (New York, 1736)
(Abridged)

Introductory Note by Eugene F. Miller

The trial of John Peter Zenger, printer of the New York Weekly…

1744: Williams, Rights and Liberties of Protestants (Sermon)

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Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution Elisha Williams

Source: Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998).…

1763: Otis, Rights of British Colonies Asserted (Pamphlet)

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Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Otis

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1765: Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1766: Mayhew, The Snare Broken (Sermon)

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Source: Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998). Vol. 1.

1774: Declaration and Resolves of the 1st Continental Congress

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1776: Declaration of Independence (various drafts)

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Carl LotusBecker The American Revolution and Constitution

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Declaration of Independence

Source:A chapter in Becker's The…

1776: Hutchinson, Strictures upon the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Hutchinson

Source: This document has been made available in the corrected version made by Dr. Hans Eicholz. Original pagination is given in brackets [], designating the beginning of each page. Spelling and…

1776: Paine, Common Sense (Pamphlet)

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Collections:The American Revolution and Constitution Thomas Paine

Source: Thomas Paine, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894). Vol. 1.

1776: Virginia Declaration of Rights

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1776: Witherspoon, Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men (Sermon)

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Source: Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998). Vol. 1.

1778: Articles of Confederation

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Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)…

1785: Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments

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Collections: The American Revolution and Constitution James Madison

Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1786: Jefferson, Virginia Bill Establishing Religious Freedom

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1787: Brutus, Essay II (Pamphlet)

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Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

1787: Brutus, Essay V (Pamphlet)

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1787: Brutus, Letter I (Pamphlet)

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1787: Centinel, Letter I (Pamphlet)

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1787: Jay, Address to the People of N.Y. (Pamphlet)

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Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a…

1787: Letters from the Federal Farmer, Letter No. III

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Source: Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (John Dickinson). Letters from the Federal Farmer (Richard Henry Lee), ed. Forrest McDonald…

1787: Letters from the Federal Farmer, No. VII (Pamphlet)

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Source: Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania (John Dickinson). Letters from the Federal Farmer (Richard Henry Lee), ed. Forrest McDonald…

1787: Madison’s Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention

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1787: Mason: Objections to the Proposed Constitution (Letter)

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Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a…

1787: Northwest Ordinance

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1787: P. Webster, The Weakness of Brutus (Pamphlet)

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Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a…

1787: Ramsay, Address to the Freemen of Sth. Carolina (Speech)

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Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a…

1787: Selections from the Federalist (Pamphlets)

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Source: James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist (The Gideon Edition), Edited with an Introduction,…

1787: US Constitution

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Declaration of Independence

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1787: Virginia and New Jersey Plans

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1787: Wilson, Address to the People of Philadelphia (Speech)

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Source: Pamphlets on the Constitution of the United States, published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788, edited with notes and a…

1788: Amendments recommended by the Several State Conventions

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Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

1789: French Declaration of the Rights of Man

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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens Georg Jellinek

Source: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens: A Contribution to Modern Constitutional History by Georg Jellinek, Dr. Phil. et Jur.…

1789: Madison, Speech Introducing Proposed Amendments to the Constitution

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1790: Hamilton, First Report on Public Credit

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Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

1790: Jefferson, Memorandum on the Compromise of 1790

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Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

1790: Price, Discourse on the Love of Our Country (Sermon)

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Source: Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998).…

1791: Hamilton, Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the US

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1791: Jefferson, Opinion against the Constitutionality of a National Bank

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1791: Madison, Speech on the Bank Bill

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Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

1791: US Bill of Rights (1st 10 Amendments) - with commentary

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Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)…

1793: French Republic Constitution of 1793

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Source: Appendix to Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-Government, 3rd revised edition, ed. Theodore D. Woolsey (Philadelphia: J.B.…

1793: Helvidius (Madison), No. 1 (Pamphlet)

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Source: The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794: Toward the Completion of the American Founding, edited with and Introduction by Morton J.…

1793: Pacificus (Hamilton), No. 1 (Pamphlet)

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Source: The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794: Toward the Completion of the American Founding, edited with and Introduction by Morton…

1796: George Washington’s “Farewell Address” (Speech)

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Source: The Life of George Washington. Special Edition for Schools, ed. Robert Faulkner and Paul Carrese (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000).

1798-1992: US Bill of Rights Amendments (XI-XXVII)

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Source: James McClellan's Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.)…

1798: Alien and Sedition Acts

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1798: Counter-resolutions of Other States

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1798: Kentucky Resolutions

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1798: Kentucky Resolutions (Jefferson’s Draft)

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Source: From Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

1798: Virginia Resolutions

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1799: Report of the Virginia House of Delegates

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1801: Jefferson, 1st Annual Message

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Source: Liberty and Order: The First American Party Struggle, ed. and with a Preface by Lance Banning (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2004).

1801: Jefferson, 1st Inaugural Address

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1802: Jefferson, Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association (Letter)

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Source: The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).

1830: French Charter of 1830

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Source: Appendix to Francis Lieber, On Civil Liberty and Self-Government, 3rd revised edition, ed. Theodore D. Woolsey (Philadelphia: J.B.…

1863: Emancipation Proclamation

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Source:The American Nation: Primary Sources,ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008).

1863: The Gettysburg Address

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Source:The American Nation: Primary Sources,ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008).

There are five different copies of the speech, which are written in…

1865: U.S. Constitution, Thirteenth Amendment

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Source: The American Nation: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008).

Pocket Guide to Political and Civic Rights

The Pocket Guide to Political and Civic Rights: The English, American, and French Traditions, 1215-1830. Introduction

This collection of key documents in the history of the evolution of our political and civic rights has been drawn…