Code of Hammurabi 1750 B.C.E.

Athenian Constitution 350 B.C.E.

Magna Carta 1215

Mayflower Compact 1620

Articles of Confederation of the Colonies of New England 1643

Albany Plan for Union 1754 (Franklin)

English Bill of Rights 1689

Virginia Declaration of Rights

Maryland Constitution 1776

Pennsylvania Constitution 1776

Articles of Confederation 1781