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Constitution of the United States of America

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and…

Declaration of Independence

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers…

The Bill of Rights: Amendments 1-10 to the U.S. Constitution

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of…

Amendments 11-27 to the U.S. Constitution

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to…

Monroe Doctrine

By the end of the 19th century, the Monroe Doctrine was seen as a defining moment in the foreign policy of the United States and is one of its longest-standing…

The 95 Theses

As written by Martin Luther and nailed to the church door in Wittenberg on October 31st, 1517.

The Judiciary Act of 1789

An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States on September 24th, 1789.

Northwest Ordinance

Northwest Ordinance An Ordinance for the government of the Territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio.

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms

The Continental Congress issued this declaration on July 6, 1775, "setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms."

Gettysburg Address

This short speech was given by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863 at the Dedication of the National Military Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,

Olive Branch Petition

The Continental Congress approved this "Olive Branch" petition to the King on July 5, 1775.

Journals of the Continental Congress – Articles of War, June 30, 1775

The consideration of the articles of war being resumed, Congress agreed to the same

Declaration of Rights and Grievances

To these grievous acts and measures, Americans cannot submit, but in hopes that their fellow subjects in Great-Britain will, on a revision of them, restore us to that state in…

Abraham Lincoln Address to 1858 Illinois State Republican Convention

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

Lee Resolution

Lee Resolution June 7, 1776 Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States,

Sherman Antitrust Act

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a United States antitrust law passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, which regulates competition among enterprises.

Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency

Proclaiming That an Unlimited National Emergency Confronts This Country

Homestead Act

An Act to Secure Homesteads to Actual Settlers on the Public Domain

The Warsaw Security Pact

Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Between the People’s Republic of Albania, the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, the Hungarian People’s Republic, the German Democratic Republic, the Polish People’s Republic,…

North Atlantic Treaty Organization Treaty

Washington DC, 4th April 1949 The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire to live in peace…

The Paris Peace Treaty of September 30, 1783

The Definitive Treaty of Peace 1783 In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity. It having pleased the Divine Providence to dispose the hearts of the most…

An Open Letter to Lord North

Printed in The Public Advertiser, April 15, 1774. For the Public Advertiser. To Lord North. Smyrna Coffee-House, April 5. [1774] My Lord, All your small Politicians, who are very numerous in the English Nation,…

The Quartering Act

An Act of Parliament, Great Britain May 15, 1765 An act to amend and render more effectual, in his Majesty’s dominions in America, an act passed in this present session…

Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Second Virginia Convention

There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to…

Truman Doctrine

President Harry S. Truman’s Address before a Joint Session of Congress, March 12, 1947 Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Congress of the United States: The gravity of the…