Charters of Freedom. 1776 Declaration of Independence. Committee preparing the Declaration Nothing of particular excitement occurring for a considerable time our countrymen seemed to fall into a state of insensibility to our situation.
The duty on tea not yet repealed & the Declaratory act of a right in the British parliament to bind us by their laws in all cases whatsoever, still suspended over us. But a court of inquiry held in R. Island in 1772 [*see note in commentary following], with a power to send persons to England to be tried for offences committed here was considered at our session of the spring of 1773 as demanding attention. Declaration of Independence. 1787 U.S. Constitution. U.S. Constitution. 1789 Bill of Rights. Save the Bill of Rights (Interactive) 1763-1815 Primary Documents of American History. DocsTeach.