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