Excerpt from The Origin and Development of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of Illinois: Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Political Science in the Graduate School of the University of Illinois, 1910 The example of Virginia in thus formally declaring certain rights and liberties of the people to pertain to them and their posterity as the basis and foundation of government was followed in every one of the eleven states which adopted constitutions following the resolution of the Continental Congress in May 1776 advising such action on the part of the colonies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.