Lesson 30: How Does the First Amendment Protect Freedom to Assemble, Petition, and Associate?
A resolution of House of Commons, 1669
A resolution of the House of Commons in 1669 guaranteeing the right to petition the lower house of Parliament.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/6ojyjt
Abolition of Star Chamber
The Star Chamber was a court that heard criminal and civil cases against prominent Englishmen, who, it was believed, would not receive a fair trial in the regular courts. In 1641, it was abolished by Parliament after controversial incidents with religious dissenters.
Link: http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/organic/1641-asc.htm
Bill of Rights, as submitted for ratification
The Bill of Rights as it was submitted to the states for ratification. It included a preamble and ten proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
Link: https://bit.ly/2odaRsY
Constitution of the State of Alaska 1956
The Constitution of the State of Alaska is the basic governing document of the State of Alaska, which was ratified in 1956 and took effect in 1959 when Alaska became the 50th state to join the United States.
Link: https://ltgov.alaska.gov/services/alaskas-constitution/
English Bill of Rights 1689
Act passed by the British Parliament in 1689 enumerating rights of British subjects and residents.
Link: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/england.asp
English Translation of Magna Carta
English translation of Magna Carta
Link: http://www.constitution.org/eng/magnacar.htm
Equal Access Act of 1984
From Wikipedia: The Equal Access Act is a U.S. federal law passed in 1984 to compel federally-funded secondary schools to provide equal access to extracurricular clubs.
Link: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/98/hr5345
Habeas Corpus Act 1679
The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an act of the English Parliament defining and strengthening habeas corpus, by which a detainee who has appealed to the judiciary must either be set free or have a charge brought against him.
Link: http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item104236.html
Magna Carta
From Wikipedia: Magna Carta, is an English legal charter, originally issued in 1215. Magna Carta required King John to proclaim certain rights, respect certain legal procedures, and accept that his will could be restricted by the law.
Link: http://www.constitution.org/eng/magnacar.htm
Massachusetts Body of Liberties, 1641
From Wikipedia: The Massachusetts Body of Liberties was the first legal code to be established by European colonists in New England.
Link: https://history.hanover.edu/texts/masslib.html
Ohio Constitution of 1803
From Wikipedia: The Ohio Constitution is the basic governing document of the State of Ohio, which in 1803 became the 17th state to join the United States.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/yz763r6
Petition of Right
From Wikipedia: The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document, which sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
Link: http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/petition.html
The Constitution of Massachusetts 1780
The Massachusetts Constitution provided the framework followed by the United States Constitution.
Link: http://bit.ly/tNYAR
Tocqueville--Democracy in America, 1835, 1840
A review of American representational government in the 1830s, focusing on the reasons for success in America versus attempts and failures in other places.
Link: http://books.google.com/books?id=gTX-uSzS2fAC&printsec=title
United States Bill of Rights
From Wikipedia: In the United States, the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known. They were introduced by James Madison to the First United States Congress in 1789 as a series of articles, and came into effect on December 15, 1791, when they had been ratified by three quarters of the states.
Link: http://www.constitution.org/billofr_.htm
United States Constitution
The supreme law of the United States that provides the framework for the government. The Constitution outlines the nation's institutions of government and the most important rights of the people. The document was created in 1787 during the Philadelphia Convention. The government created by the Constitution took effect on March 4, 1789.
Link: http://civiced.org/constitution
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Link: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/virginia.asp
