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Massachusetts General Court adopts the first broad statement of American liberties, the Massachusetts Body of Liberties
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The Royal Charter of 1663 granted by King Charles II allowed settlers in Rhode Island to govern their own colony and guaranteed their individual freedom of religion
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18 Baptists are put in jail in Massachusetts for refusing to pay taxes that support the Congregational church
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Proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish inadequate government.
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While this resolution was being discussed, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston , and Roger Sherman were appointed to draft a Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson completes his first draft of a Virginia state bill for religious freedom, No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever. The bill later becomes the famous Virginia Ordinance for Religious Freedom.
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On December 15, Virginia becomes the 11th state to approve the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, thereby ratifying the Bill of Rights
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Thomas Jefferson pardons all person convicted under the act.The act had punished those who uttered or published false writings against the govenment
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If speech is free and the search for knowedge then eventually the truth will rise to the surface.
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The amendment, requires that no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
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new organization dedicated to preseving civil liberties
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U.S. Supreme Court holds under the New York criminal anarchy statute Benjamin Gitlow’s conviction for writing The Left Wing Manifesto. The Court concludes, however, that the free-speech clause of the First Amendment applies to the states through the process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
