greykit.essays — #natural-rights

• 1791-12-15 [american-founding] The Bill of Rights

  The first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing fundamental civil rights.

  #founding-era#1790s#document#natural-rights#liberty#religious-toleration#self-government
• 1776-07-04 [american-founding] The Declaration of Independence

  The thirteen colonies' unanimous declaration dissolving allegiance to the British Crown.

  #founding-era#1770s#document#revolution#natural-rights#liberty#self-government
• 1776-01-10 [american-founding] Common Sense

  Paine's incendiary case for American independence and against monarchy and hereditary rule.

  #founding-era#1770s#pamphlet#revolution#natural-rights#republicanism#liberty
• 1689 [sources-of-liberty] Second Treatise of Government

  Locke's foundational argument for government by consent, natural rights, and the right of revolution — the deepest source of the American founding.

  #enlightenment#1680s#treatise#natural-rights#liberty#self-government#republicanism