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Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663 -- Two treatises of government, 1690 -- The New-York Weekly Journal, "Of freedom of speech; that the same is inseparable from publick liberty," 1734 -- Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776 -- Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 1786 -- Senate revisions to the House-passed amendments to the Constitution, 1789 -- The Sedition Act, 1798 -- Appeal to the colored citizens of the world, but in particular and very expressly, to those of the United States of America, 1829 -- Request of the Cherokee people of the Aquohee and Taquohee districts, 1832 -- Petition to the U.S. Congress from ninety-seven citizens, 1837 -- Gag Rule Resolution, 1837 -- People v. Hall, 1854 -- General order No. 12, 1862 -- The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1868 -- An Act to regulate the use of Capitol grounds, 1882 -- Seven-year-old Rosie, an experienced oyster-shucker, Bluffton, South Carolina, 1913 -- U.S. House Resolution 8753, 1918 -- Manifesto and program, 1919 -- The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1920 -- Tennessee House Bill No. 185, 1925 -- The Saturday Press, November 19, 1927 -- Press statement, 1932 -- Letter to Minersville, Pennsylvania, School Directors, 1935 -- Heart Mountain Sentinel, 1942 -- U.S. Senate Resolution 301, 1954 -- Heed their rising voices, 1960 -- Memorandum to Hugo Black, 1962 -- Official program for the March on Washington, 1963 -- Black Armband, 1965 -- The Plan of Delano, 1966 -- Front page, New York Times, June 13, 1971 -- Section 42.09, Texas State Penal Code, 1973 -- We are coming! 1976 -- The Williamsburg Charter, Summary of Principles, 1988 -- Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon, et al. v. Smith et al., 1990 -- Zelman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Ohio, et al. v. Simmons-Harris et al., 2002 -- Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, 2001 : A Resolution of the City of Eugene defending the Bill of Rights and civil liberties, 2002 -- Timeline of First Amendment rights in America. |
