• 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.)

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)

• 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)

• 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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