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Magna Carta
Magna Carta, commonly called Magna Carta or sometimes Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, signed by 41 of the 50 men on board the Mayflower on November 11, 1620. It was an agreement that bound the signers to obey the laws and government of the colony -
Petition of Right
The Petition of Right, passed on 7 June 1628, is an English constitutional document setting out specific individual protections against the state, reportedly of equal value to Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights 1689. -
English Bill of Rights
Guaranteed free speech and protection from cruel and unusual punishment -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in both the engrossed version and the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. -
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.