What are some key American ideals?

Magna Carta (English, Pre-America))

Mayflower Compact (Pre-America)

Give me Liberty…

Declaration of Independence

Constitution

Bill of Rights

Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg Address

Declaration of Sentiments

I have a Dream

Civil Rights Act of 1964

What are the key words?Document Key Words

Magna Carta “Barons,” “royal,” but also “free,” “liberties,” “justice.”

Mayflower Compact “God,” “Sovereign,” “King,” “Submission.”

Give me Liberty “British,” “Subject,” “God,” “liberty,” “fight,” “country,” “chains,”

Declaration of Independence “people,” “independent,” “colonies,” “States,” “Government,” “right,” “Laws,” “powers,”

Constitution “States,” “President,” “United,” “House,” “Congress,” “Senate,” “Law,” “Representatives,” “Office,”

Bill of Rights “Amendment,” “States,” “United,” “law,” “public,” “Legislatures,” “Constitution,” “Congress,” “People,” “time,” “rights”

Emancipation Proclamation “United,” “States,” “Rebellion,” “People,” “Persons,”

Gettysburg Address “nation,” “dead,” “people,” “dedicated,” “great,” “living,” “war,” “devotion,” “God,” “conceived,”

Declaration of Sentiments “rights,” “government,” “laws,” “women,” “happiness,” “law,” “man,” “history,”

I have a Dream “freedom,” “dream,” “ring,” “Negro,” “today,” “come,” “justice,” “every,” “day, “nation,” “together,” “satisfied,” American”

Civil Rights Act of 1964 “Commission,” “employment,” “person,” “State,” “Action,” “court,” “organization”

Common themes:

From royalty to democracy

Freedom delivered through government

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