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CONTENTS
The Declaration of Independence xvii
The Constitution of the United States xx
1 Absolutism and the Ancient Constitution 1
James I Address before Parliament (1610) 4
Early Colonial Documents The Third Charter of Virginia (March 12, 1611) [selections] 5
The Mayflower Compact (1620) 7 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) 8
The Maryland Toleration Act (1649) 11
John Winthrop Model of Christian Charity (1630) 13 Little Speech on Liberty (1645) 18
Nathaniel Ward The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam (1647) [selections] 20
James Harrington Oceana (1656) [selections] 23
Samuel Pufendorf On the Law of Nature and Nations (1672) [selections] 30
Algernon Sidney Apology (1683) 35
Discourses Concerning Government (1689) [selections] 36
William Penn Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (February 2, 1683) 41
Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, Esq. to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and
Territories (October 28, 1701) 46
Resolutions of the Germantown Mennonites (February 18, 1688) 49
John Locke Second Treatise of Government (1689) [selections] 50
English Bill of Rights (1689) [selections] 72
2 Liberty and Monarchy under the “Balanced” Constitution 75
Joseph Addison Letter against Parties (1711) 78
John Wise A Vindication of New England Churches (1717) [selections] 80
John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon Cato’s Letters (1719–1723) [selections] 85
William Byrd Letter to John Perceval, Earl of Egmont (July 12, 1736) 94
Sir John Randolph Re-Election Speech (1736) 96
Jonathan Edwards Northampton Covenant (1742) 98
David Hume Essays Moral, Political and Literary (1742, revised 1777) [selections] 99
Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth (1754) [selections] 106
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