THE CHARTERS OF FREEDOM
    of the
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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    • THE CHARTERS OF FREEDOM
      • The Declaration of Independence - IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
        • "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

          "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...
          [...]
          "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
          56 signers
      • The Constitution of the United States (signed Sept. 17, 1787)
        • "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
          39 signers
      • The Preamble to the Bill of Rights (Mar. 4, 1789)
    • THE FOUNDING FATHERS - (55) delegates to the Constitutional Convention
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