The Written Words of Liberty The following list of documents gives us a written trail to follow as man has set about to find a place of freedom and liberty. Each one expresses the desires of freedom and liberty in various forms.   The Magna Carta (1215)   The Mayflower Compact (1620)   The Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations   Declaration of Rights (1774)   Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry (March 23, 1775)   The Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms (1775)   The Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776)   The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)   The Articles of Confederation (Nov. 15, 1777)   The Treaty of Paris (1783)   The Memorial and Remonstrance (June 20, 1785)   The Annapolis Convention (Sept. 14, 1786)   Letter of Transmittal of the U.S. Constitution (Sept. 17, 1787)   The Constitution of the United States. (1787)   The Northwest Ordinance (July 13, 1787)   First Inaugural Address of President George Washington (April 30, 1789)   The First State of the Union Address (Jan. 8, 1790)   Second Inaugural Address of President George Washington (Mar. 4, 1793)   The Treaty of Greenville (1795)   Farewell Address of President George Washington (Sept. 17, 1796)   The Monroe Doctrine (Dec. 2, 1823) History   SAR Magazine   Prominent Patriots   Revolutionary War Battles   Revolutionary War Stories   Revolutionary War Timeline   WWW www.sar.org The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Contact NSSAR

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