The freeholders of the colony of Connecticut adopt the Fundamental Orders, the second written constitution in the new world. Article X of which recognizes the right of all freemen to an unimpeachable voice in governing the community.
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Authority:
Magna Carta, Chapter 13
ccc-2point0.com/Magna-Carta-excerpts
References:
Avalon Project – Fundamental Orders of 1639historynewsnetwork.org/article/35461
avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/order.asp
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