The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the fundamental governing document of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the 50 individual states that make up the United States of Amer
Title Page of the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution
First Articles of the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution
Magna Carta
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Magna Carta, sometimes spelled Magna Charta, is a royal charter of rights sealed by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215. First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Car
Constitution of Massachusetts
…among the oldest functioning written constitutions in continuous effect in the world, predated only by sections of the Constitution of San Marino and Magna Carta. It was also the first constitution in history to be created by a convention called for that purpose, rather than by a legislative body. It has been…
Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, one of four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text
King John on a stag hunt
A mural of Pope Innocent III, c. 1219
The Articles of the Barons, 1215, held by the British Library