Patent for Providence Plantations, Roger Williams

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Patent for Providence Plantations, Roger Williams

By PrestwoodIT

Wed 4 Sep 2019

Published 7 years ago.

Updated 2 weeks ago.

Patent for Providence Plantations, Roger Williams

14 Mar 1644

The first TRUE democracy in America. From the charter largely drafted by Roger Williams who was influenced by his mentor Sir Edward Coke who relied heavily on the Magna Carta in legal proceedings.

From Roger Williams’ 1643/4 charter:

…full Power and Authority to rule themselves…by such a Form of Civil Government, as by voluntary consent of all, or the greater Part of them…

Read the full charter here. The date is an English Double Date so Mar 14, 1643/4 is our modern Mar 14, 1644.

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