Den Amerikanske Uafhængighedserklæring og Forfatning

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…

JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.

The constitution of the United States America.

"We, the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

March 4, 1789

The Bill of Rights December 15, 1791

Light version on some of the amendments.

– for the actual wording www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights.html

Amendment 1

Secures religious freedom, freedom of speech and press and the right to assemble and petition/complain about the government.