The Bill of Rights is the historical document that upholds these important principles.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a believer of peaceful protest. Every single one of his protestant gatherings were meant to be peaceful. a quote from from one of his speeches shows this:
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
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This excerpt proves that he was a peaceful protestor.
They sent delegates to the 2nd Continental Congress
The bill of rights (1689) guaranteed parliamentary rights that needed to be respected by the monarchs. It meant, a constitutional monarchy, where the power of the monarchs was limited by the Bill of Rights that protected the authority of Parliament.
it was more realistic and less religious.
