The penning of the Magna Carta, “Great Charter,” was birthed from an angry people’s desire to limit the power of a despotic king. The charter established a standard to which even the king was held, and would be a foundation for future nations and their governments. In 1199 the ...

Martin Luther King’s famous speech I Have a Dream, was influenced very much by the Declaration of Independence. It also had a huge impact on American Literature. In his speech King even uses a textual reference and refers back to the Declaration of Independence, "When the architects of our republi...