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| Created in 1215, the Magna Carta was the first of many documents that has led to the rule of constiutional law today. It required the king to recognize that his will could be bound by law. |
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| The English Bill of Rights is a document that describes within certain rights that citizens and/or residents of a free and democratic society should have. It is one of the basic documents of English constitutional law. |
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The first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. It was drafted by Puritan Pilgrams who had crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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The document in which the Thirteen Colonies in North America declared themselves independent from the Kingdom of Great Britain, thus creating the United States of America. Ratified on July 4th, 1776. |
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A series of 85 articles arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution |
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