Documents
that Changed the World
(or in some cases, changing the world, not for the better)
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The
Magna Carta, 1215
The
Mayflower Compact, November 11, 1620
English
Bill of Rights, 1689
The
Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 12, 1776
The
Declaration of Independence, June 28, 1776
The
ORIGINAL Declaration of Independence by Thomas
Paine
Picture
of the Original Declaration (370k JPG format)
Articles
of Confederation, 1777
The
Constitution of the United States of America, 1787
(the original, un- "living" one)
French
Declaration on the Rights of Man, August 26, 1789
The
Amendments to the Constitution, September 28, 1789
The
Communist Manifesto, 1848
A Layman's Look At "The Communist Manifesto"
Secular
Humanist Documents
Humanist Manifesto
I, II, Statement on the Family, etc
The
CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 24, 1945
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
Adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly December 10, 1948
Convention
on the Rights of the Child
Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by
General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989
entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49
On February 16, 1995 US Ambassador Madeleine
Albright signed it
STILL
UNRATIFIED
BY THE UNITED STATES
AND
WE WANT IT TO STAY THAT WAY
