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Important USA Documents |
Revolution Period Documents
Declaration of Independence:
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas
Jefferson and adopted after amendment by the Second Continental Congress
on July 4, 1776.
Articles of Confederation:
The
Articles of Confederation
These articles establishing a confederation of the states
(formerly colonies) were adopted by the Second Continental Congress on
June 21, 1781.
The Federalist Papers:
Complete
Federalist articles
This is a complete list of the Federalist articles.
Select a title to go to it.
The Federalist Papers:
Complete Federalist articles
This is the complete Federalist Papers. Select a title to
go to it.
U.S. Government Documents
United States Constitution:
United
States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States was written by a
Constitutional Convention meeting in Philadelphia in 1787. It was
ratified by conventions elected in the separate states meeting from 1787
to 1790, achieving the necessary 3/4 approvals on June 21, 1788.
Amendments to the Constitution:
Amendments to the Constitution
The first ten amendments are the Bill of Rights. They
were adopted by the U.S. Congress in 1789 and ratified by 3/4ths of the
states in 1791. They are followed by seventeen subsequent amendments
adopted from 1794 to 1992, for a total of twenty-seven amendments.
Civil War Documents
Confederate States Constitution:
Confederate States Constitution
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America
(CSA) was adopted by a convention meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, on
February 11, 1861. It differs from the U.S. Constitution in the areas of
states rights and slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation:
The
Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln issued this proclamation on
September 22, 1862, freeing the slaves in the South.
Gettysburg Address:
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
President Abraham Lincoln delivered this short but
powerful address on November 19, 1863, after the Union barely defeated
the Confederacy at the battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.
Native American Documents
Geronimo:
The Autobiography of Geronimo
This is the original text of the autobiography of
Geronimo, chief of the Apache tribes of New Mexico and Arizona.
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