Sovereignty is a critical concept for any patriot seeking a deeper understanding of our heritage of liberty. Before there was a United States, the eastern seaboard of North America was a group of colonies which drew their legal, political existence from charters issued by the monarch of England. Our Founding Fathers had an up close and personal view of what a tyrannical king was capable of and a consequence of this was the Declaration of Independence. Learn more about how America broke free from England and the significance of sovereignty on this episode of Constitution Corner.