Another good "founding" document was The Fundamental Orders (of Connecticut) in 1639.
http://www.constitution.org/bcp/fo_1639.htm It was written shortly after a sermon by the Reverend Thomas Hooker (my 12thggf), in which he put forth the proposition "The foundation of authority is laid in the free consent of the people,". He closed with "As God has given us liberty let us take it." It is considered the first Constitution in the "Western Tradition". And it is why Connecticut is known as "The Constitution State". On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 1:38 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah it's on the list. > > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > You may also want to blog about the Iroquois Great Law of Peace - one > > of the major influences on the writers of the constitution: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Law_of_Peace > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349823 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
