Foundations in Liberty

Name: Foundations in Liberty: The Founding Documents that Shaped American Freedom
Brand: Roman Roads Press
SKU: B-27
Price: 17.95 USD
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The Founding Documents that Shaped American Freedom

Edited, with introductions, by Elizabeth Landis

From King Alfred’s Domboc to the Bill of Rights: each document introduced, and set in its place.

A slightly dinged copy is available for $14.56

About the book

Foundations in Liberty brings together the primary source documents that shaped American freedom, beginning with Alfred the Great’s Domboc. Each document is introduced with historical context, it’s influence on the American Experiment, definitions, an overview of the document’s organization, and where to see the original, making this volume an ideal companion for students of American history, civics, and political thought.

What’s inside

Nine hundred years of liberty, written down

c.892Alfred the Great’s Domboc
1100Charter of Liberties
1215Magna Carta
1620Mayflower Compact
1643Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England
1774Declaration of Resolves of the First Continental Congress
1775Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms
1776Lee Resolution
1776Declaration of Independence
1777Articles of Confederation
1780Massachusetts Constitution
1787Northwest Ordinance
1787Constitution of the United States
1791Bill of Rights

Appendices

Petition of Right (1628) · A Solemn League and Covenant (1643) · Bill of Rights (1689) · Massachusetts Constitution (1780), Part II · Notes of Major William Pierce (GA) in the Federal Convention of 1787 · Major Themes of American Government

Every document, introduced

Read the text, knowing what you are reading

Historical context

When it was written, by whom, and what they were answering.

Influence

Its influence on the American experiment.

Definitions

The words a modern reader needs.

Organization

An overview of how the document is laid out.

The original

Where to see the document itself.

The American Civics Curriculum

Foundations in Liberty is the fourth part of a one-semester civics course for grades 9–12 and adults, with Elizabeth Landis’s The Forgotten Realm as its sourcebook.

See the curriculum

The editor

Elizabeth Landis

Elizabeth Landis graduated from The Ohio State University with a master’s degree in French. She and her husband Greg have five children whom they have homeschooled K-12. In 2016, a local issue pulled her into the civil realm, and she has been uncovering the forgotten realm ever since. She currently works as assistant to the president at New Saint Andrews College, where she founded the college’s civics club in 2020.

The Forgotten Realm The American Civics Curriculum