Podcast – Democracy in America – The Early Documents

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Greetings, in this episode I announce the publication of my newest book, Democracy in America – The Early Documents

My newest book release is a book titled Democracy in America – The Early Documents
By the time the American Revolution began Americans already had great experience in self-governing. The vast distance and time required to travel made this necessary. From the beginning of settlement by the English the first order of business was to set up a system of self-governance. Most colonial charters bestowed by the king authorized the colonists to set up governing boards and make laws, if these laws did not conflict with English law. Documents like the Body of Liberties, the Dorchester Agreement and the General Fundamentals established local authority and granted rights.
Early Documents
This book will include the text of many of the important early documents the colonists used to govern themselves, as well as some of the historical background. The author has not corrected grammar or spelling in the original text. Some of these worked, others did not. But through the drafting and implementation of the various systems of government, by the time the historical events of 1774 at Lexington and Concord, the colonists were ready to walk on their own.
The Table of Contents:
The Magna Carta
The First Charter of Virginia
Laws divine moral and Martiall
Great Charter of Virginia
The Mayflower Compact
Petition of Right
The Charter of Massachusetts Bay: 162
October 19, 1630 – In Boston the First General Court Is Held
Instructions from Lord Baltimore, proprietor of Maryland
Maryland Toleration Act Passed Allowing All Freedom Of Worship
The Body of Liberties
December 10, 1641 – Body Of Liberties Copied And Sent To All The Towns
General Fundamentals – First code of law for Plymouth Colony
First Connecticut Constitution
November 1643: Ordinance for the Government of the Plantations in the West Indies
King Charles II Signs Carolina Charter
Rhode Island Charter
Province of New Jersey
March 01, 1669 – Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina Approved
English Bill of Rights 1689
March 4, 1681 – King Charles II Grants William Penn Royal Charter for Pennsylvania
The Three Frames of Pennsylvania Government
Delaware Colony
Charter of Georgia: 1732

Democracy in America – The Early Documents