CRM 1.1 /3.1 Primary sources United States of America

“...we the nobles agree to terms which place constraints on the power of this monarch.

… No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned, outlawed, banished…nor will We proceed against or prosecute him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.”

• The Magna Carta
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Constitution of the United States
• The Bill of Rights

“… We have pledged to combine ourselves into a civil body politic, for our bettering ordering and preservation.

… We must establish a government that reflects our desires as a people…”

• Mayflower Compact

• The speaker is advocating for a totalitarian government
• The speaker is advocating for anarchy
• The speaker is advocating for a theocratic government

“… the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not be impeached or questioned.

… Protection from the infliction of cruel and unusual punishment.”

• This statement is from the US Constitution
• This statement is from the UK's Magna Carta
• This statement is from the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
• English Bill of Rights (1689)

  
  

“... there is something absurd, in supposing a Continent to be perpetually governed by an island… it is evident that they belong to different systems. England to Europe: America to itself.

…in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be King…”

• The quote is from Thomas Paine's Common Sense
• The quote is from George Washington's Farewell Address
• The quote is from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
• The quote is from John Locke's Two Treatises of Government

“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.”

• This quote is from the United States Declaration of Independence
• This quote is from the United States Constitution
• This quote is from the Magna Carta
• This quote is from the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals…

The department of legislation shall be formed by two branches, a Senate and House of Representatives: each of which shall have a negative on the other…

All judicial officers . . . shall be nominated and appointed by the Governor…”

• Constitution of Massachusetts (1780)

  
  

• This is a description of the political system in the United Kingdom
• This is a description of the political system in Canada
• This is a description of the political system in Australia

“Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence…

The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare…”

• This quote is from the US Constitution
• This quote is from the Articles of Confederation
• This quote is from the Declaration of Independence
• This quote is from the Magna Carta

“The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature; and of judicial proceedings…

… the States which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this Confederacy of the United States of America.”

• This quote is from the U.S. Constitution
• This quote is from the Declaration of Independence
• This quote is from the Articles of Confederation
• This quote is from the Northwest Ordinance

"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."

• This is the preamble of the United States Constitution
• This is the Declaration of Independence of the United States
• This is the Bill of Rights of the United States
• This is the Magna Carta of the United States

“Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent…

…Each of us puts his person...under the supreme direction of the general will.”

• This quote is from The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• This quote is from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
• This quote is from The Republic by Plato
• This quote is from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes