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 With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously… 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
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
Vandenberg Resolution Senate Resolution 239, Eightieth Congress Whereas peace with justice and the defense of human rights and fundamental freedoms require international cooperation through more effective use of the United Nations: Therefore… Read More
Declaration of Paris – April 16, 1856. The Plenipotentiaries who signed the Treaty of Paris of March assembled in conference, Considering: That maritime law in time of war has long been the subject of deplorable disputes; That… Read More
South Carolina State Constitution, March 19, 1778 An Act for establishing the constitution of the State of South Carolina. Whereas the constitution or form of government agreed to and resolved upon by the freemen of this country, met… Read More
New Jersey State Constitution, 1776 Whereas all the constitutional authority ever possessed by the kings of Great Britain over these colonies, or their other dominions, was, by compact, derived from the people, and held of them, for… Read More
Articles of Confederation To all to whom these Presents shall come, we the undersigned Delegates of the States affixed to our Names send greeting. Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union between the states… Read More
