The eight Lord Proprietors of the colony of Carolina promulgate the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina (ghost written by John Locke), Articles 27, 32, 65, 79, 109 and 116 of which,

• Preserves the Right to Trial by Jury;
• Provide for public balloting in the colonial parliament;
• Prohibits Double Jeopardy;
• Requires freehold ownership of 50 acres property to cast ballots;
• Automatically repeals legislation that is a century old;
• Prohibits religious persecution;
• Enrolls all “inhabitants and freemen … above seventeen years of age, and under sixty” in the Militia.

       [added 10/18/2024]