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    The term Charters of Freedom is used to describe the three documents in early United States history which are considered instrumental to its founding...
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    The Freedom Charter was the statement of core principles of the South African Congress Alliance, which consisted of the African National Congress (ANC)...
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    Latin for "Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta or sometimes Magna Charta ("Great Charter"), is a royal charter of rights agreed to...
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    Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (French: Charte canadienne des droits et libertés), often simply referred to as the Charter in Canada, is a bill of rights...
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    Declaration of Dependence, 1776". Journal of the American Revolution. "The Declaration of Independence: A History". Charters of Freedom. National Archives...
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    of the Continental Congress --FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1776". Gustafson, "Travels of the Charters of Freedom". National Archives. "Copy of US Declaration of Independence...
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    Jacob Shallus (category American people of German descent)
    OCLC 15018099. Prologue Winter 2002, Vol. 34, No. 4, Travels of the Charters of Freedom Historical Background National Park Service Document History of Penmanship...
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    exhibited Charters of Freedom, which include the original United States Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, United States Bill of Rights...
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  • Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Charter") is the section of the Constitution of Canada that lists what the Charter calls "fundamental...
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    in the 670s; the oldest surviving charters granted land to the Church, but from the 8th century surviving charters were increasingly used to grant land...
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    Hills of Denmark. Since 1959, the International Freedom Festival is jointly held in Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, during the last week of June...
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    The Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions, sometimes referred to as the Charter of Privileges and Exemptions, is a document written by the Dutch West India...
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    National Archives Building (category Buildings of the United States government in Washington, D.C.)
    on display for the public in the main chamber's rotunda, known as Charters of Freedom, at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The building hosts...
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  • Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is part of the Constitution of Canada. It is commonly known as the notwithstanding clause (French:...
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    Timothy Matlack (category People of New Jersey in the American Revolution)
    penmanship, and his handwritten copy of the Declaration is on public display in the Rotunda of the Charters of Freedom at the National Archives Building...
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    Barry Faulkner (category Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters)
    National Archives' Rotunda of the Charters of Freedom in Washington, D.C. Faulkner was born in Keene, New Hampshire. He was a cousin of the painter and naturalist...
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    (along with the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence) in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom room at the National Archives Building in Washington...
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    their colonial charters in response. Charles' successor James II finalized these efforts in 1686, establishing the consolidated Dominion of New England,...
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    pieces of paper, the Charters of Freedom - the Declaration that asserted our independence, the Constitution that created our government, and the Bill of Rights...
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    Rights and Liberties—The Right of Suffrage". Online Exhibit: The Charters of Freedom. National Archives. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved...
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  • Databook. Norwich, New York: Plastics Design Library, 1998. 105. "Charters of Freedom Re-encasement Project". National Archives. Retrieved 2012-02-11....
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    Charters of Freedom". National Archives. Archived from the original on December 26, 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2022. "Saving the Charters of Freedom"...
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    United Colonies (category Constitutional history of the United States)
    precedent in any part of the united colonies, by which Parliament may take away Wharves and other lawful estates, or demolish Charters; for if they do, they...
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    among the people of the different States in this union," and to establish equal treatment and freedom of movement for the free inhabitants of each state to...
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    fathers of the republic were for the most part young men." The National Archives has identified three founding documents as the "Charters of Freedom": Declaration...
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    foundation of what we call ethics, or natural law.' The phrase is similar to a line in the Canadian Charter of Rights: "life, liberty, security of the person"...
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    Midwestern states of the United States. "For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:"...
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    Lee Resolution from National Archives and Records Administration as part of their Charters of Freedom presentation of the Declaration of Independence....
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    First Continental Congress (category History of the government of the United States)
    been guaranteed under Colonial charters and the English constitution. Roger Sherman denied the legislative authority of Parliament, and Patrick Henry believed...
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  • preamble to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the introductory sentence to the Constitution of Canada's Charter of Rights and Constitution...
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