Go to Charters of Freedom (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Spend 45 - 60 minutes exploring the site and write a two paragraph summary of what you found. Then, consider this: these documents provide a foundation of fundamental philosophies of US law. The opening passage of the Declaration of Independence speaks about moral rights. How can this be applied to the philosophies of US Law? Or can it?
How are these philosophies represented in these documents?
What aspects of these documents illustrate the most important foundations at work in the US?
Link to the doc
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs