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Yale University

Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll to Massachusetts and link to the colonial documents establishing the colonies' earliest forms of government and laying the foundation for self-governing and eventual independence from England. Beginning with The Charter of England...
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University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Edward Randolph Condemns Massachussetts Bay Company

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the University of Groningen you can read Edward Randolph's address to Parliament concerning the rebellious attitude of the colony of Massachusetts as designated as "articles of misdemeanors." Read each of the...
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Other

Commonwealth of Massachusetts: The Declaration of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the original, A Declaration of Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including Articles I through XXX, complete with all parts of the adopted constitution and its amendments for governing colonial...