founding document
Nation's original blueprint
A founding document is a text that establishes an organization, nation, or institution and sets forth its fundamental principles.
For nations, these include constitutions and declarations of independence: The Constitution is America's founding document.
For organizations, founding documents may be charters, articles of incorporation, or bylaws that define structure and purpose.
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- Magna CartaCharter curbing royal authority
- charterFounding organizational document
- articles of incorporationDocuments legally creating a corporation
bill of rights · Emancipation Proclamation · Mayflower Compact · covenant · Federalist Papers · treaty · Declaration of Independence · proclamation · credo · preamble · Treaty of Versailles · compact · social contract · pen · declaration · doctrine · mission statement · partnership agreement
- originalsoriginal, authentic, genuine, prototype, archetype
- Company Heritagemilestone, anniversary, origin story
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
- constitutionsbill of rights, constitutional amendment, constitutional reform, clause, clauses
- national symbolsnational emblem, national seal, national motto, national colors, national tree
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
founding documentamendment
Change to official text
revision · addendum · modification · constitutional amendment · repeal
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