See 
for new or updated items as of November 23, 2003
The
Charters of Freedom |
Other
Historical Information |
Hancock
Home
THE
CHARTERS OF FREEDOM
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA
- JULY 4TH: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!
View America's birth
certificate here,
The Charters of Freedom and other information on the birth of the
United States of America:
- 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
Constitution: A History
- A More Perfect Union: The Creation of the U.S. Constitution
- The
Founding Fathers,
(55) delegates to the Constitutional Convention
OTHER HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
The
Charters of Freedom |
Other
Historical Information |
Hancock
Home
