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This site contains the full-text of a number of primary source documents relating to the historical development of the United States constitution. They are maintained as part of the Avalon project of Yale University. They include the text of the Magna Carta, the Mayflower compact, the English Bill of Rights 1689 and documents relating to the Constitutional Convention. Also accessible is the text of the current US constitution which sets out the function and powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government and details the rights and responsibilities of the individual citizen.
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