1The Mayflower Compact (1620)
2A Body of Liberties (1641)
3Roger Wiliams: A Letter to the People of Providence (1648)
4Maryland Toleration Act (1649)
5John Wise: A Vindication of the Government of New England Churches (1717)
6James Otis: The Rights of British Colonists Asserted and Proved (1764)
7Colonel Isaac Barre: Sons of Liberty Speech (1765)
8Patrick Henry: The Virginia Resolves (1765)
9Benjamin Franklin: Testimony Before the House of Commons (17 66)
10Samuel Adams: A Letter of Correspondence from the Town of Boston (1772)
11John Winthrop on Liberty (1645)
12John Locke on Civil Government (1690)
13The Witchcraft Trials: Robert Calef (1697)
14John Hepburn on Slavery (1715)
15Alexander Hamilton and the Zenger Trial (1735)
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