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HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
Before 1776
- The Code of Hammurabi (ca. 1727-1680 BC)
- The Ten Commandments (ca. 1447 BC)
- The Constitutions of Clarendon (1164)
- The Magna Carta (June 15, 1215)
- The Declaration of Arbroath (1320)
- Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus (1492)
- Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh (March 25, 1584)
- Mayflower Compact (November 11, 1620)
- The Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to His Majesty (1635)
- Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven (1639)
- The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
- Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire (1639)
- The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England (May 19, 1643)
- The Maryland Toleration Act (Sept. 21, 1649)
- The First Thanksgiving Proclamation (1676)
- English Bill of Rights (1689)
- John Locke: The Second Treatise of Government (1689)
- Albany Plan of Union (1754)
- Colonial Charters (1606-1732)
The War for Independence
- Resolutions of the Stamp Act (1765)
- Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
- Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (October 14, 1774)
- Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! (March 23, 1775)
- Call to Arms (July 6, 1775)
- Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776)
- The Declaration of Independence (July 2, 1776) | History
- Samuel Adams Advocates American Independence (August 1, 1776)
- Common Sense - Thomas Paine (1776)
- The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine (1792)
- Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America (1782)
- Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities (1783)
- Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America (1783)
- Proclamation Declaring the Cessation of Arms (1783)
- Treaty of Paris (1783)
The Constitution and Related Documents
- State Constitutions (1776-1778)
- Articles of Confederation (1777)
- The Federalist Papers (1787)
- The Anti-Federalist Papers (1787)
- Understanding our Constitution: A Modern Language Paraphrase of The Federalist Papers
- Constitution of the United States of America (1787)| History | Q & A | Test
- The Bill of Rights (1791)
- Amendments 11-27 to the Constitution of the United States
- Letter Of Transmittal (September 17, 1787)
- Articles of Amendment (1787)
- Madison's Proposal for the Bill of Rights (1789)
- Bill of Rights Preamble (1789)
- The First Ten Amendments as Ratified (1789)
- Amendments 11-27 to the Constitution
1783 - 1860
- Memorial and Remonstrance (1785)
- Annapolis Convention (September 14, 1786)
- The Religious Freedom Statute (1786)
- North-west Ordinance (July 13, 1787)
- First Thanksgiving Proclamation (October 3, 1789)
- Militia Act of 1792
- Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)
- Washington's Farewell Address (September 17, 1796)
- Inaugural Address of John Adams (1797)
- Jefferson Letter to the Danbury Baptists | History | Unedited (1802)
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- War of 1812
- Treaty of Ghent (1814)
- Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
- Monroe Doctrine (1823)
- The Lyceum Address (1838)
- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848)
- Henry David Thoreau -- On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (1849)
- Abraham Lincoln: "House Divided" Speech (1858)
- The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)
- On Liberty - John Stuart Mill (1860)
War Between the States
- Amendments Proposed in Congress by Senator John J. Crittenden (18 December 1860)
- South Carolina Declaration of Secession (24 December 1860)
- Constitution of the Confederate States of America (1861)
- Jefferson Davis, Farewell to Congress (21 January 1861)
- Georgia Secession (29 January 1861)
- A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union (2 February 1861)
- Jefferson Davis, 1st Innaugural Address (18 February 1861)
- Jefferson Davis, 2nd Innaugural Address (22 February 1862)
- Gettysburg Address (19 November 1863)
- Emancipation Proclamation (22 September 1862)
1865 - Present
- Colonel David Crockett -- Not Yours to Give (1884)
- William Jennings Bryan -- Cross of Gold (1896)
- The Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- 1st Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933)
- Charter of the United Nations (June 26, 1945)
- International Organizations Immunities Act (December 9, 1945)
- United Nations Participation Act (December 20, 1945)
- Winston Churchill -- "Iron Curtain" Speech (Mar. 5, 1946)
- Participation in UNESCO (July 30, 1946)
- Amendment of United Nations Participation Act (October 10, 1949)
- North Atlantic Treaty (April 4, 1949)
- Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- John F. Kennedy -- 1961 Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961)
- Martin L. King -- I Have a Dream (Aug. 28, 1963)
- Martin L. King -- Letter from Birmingham Jail (Apr. 16, 1963)
- Ronald Reagan -- Archive of Speeches
- Ronald Reagan -- A Time for Choosing (1964)
- Roe v. Wade (1973)
- Ronald Reagan -- Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation (1983)
- Reagan's Executive Order on Federalism (October 26, 1987)
- Contract with America (1994)
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- Ronald Reagan -- Archive of Speeches
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