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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America on July 6, 1775 If it was possible for men, who exercise their reason to believe, that the divine Author of our existence intended a part of the human race to hold an absolute… Read More
The Stamp Act March 22, 1765 An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expences of defending,… Read More
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… Read More
The 95 Theses As written by Martin Luther and nailed to the church door in Wittenberg on October 31st, 1517. Read More
The Judiciary Act of 1789 An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States on September 24th, 1789. Read More
Northwest Ordinance Northwest Ordinance An Ordinance for the government of the Territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio. Read More
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." Read More
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, Read More
Olive Branch Petition The Continental Congress approved this "Olive Branch" petition to the King on July 5, 1775. Read More
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 Read More
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… Read More
Abraham Lincoln Address to 1858 Illinois State Republican Convention "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Read More
Lee Resolution Lee Resolution June 7, 1776 Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, Read More
The Mecklenburg Resolves The Mecklenburg Resolves were created by the Mecklenburg County Committee of Safety on or after May 20, 1775, and were adopted by that same committee on May 31, 1775. This… Read More
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. Read More
Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency Proclaiming That an Unlimited National Emergency Confronts This Country Read More
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,… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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,… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
Executive Order 9102 Establishing the War Relocation Authority By President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 18, 1942 By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States, as President of the… Read More
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… Read More
