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Milestone Documents in American History

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Proclamation of 1763: Document Analysis




Proclamation of 1763: The Full Text




Quartering Act: Document Analysis




Quartering Act: The Full Text




Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress: Document Analysis




Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress: The Full Text




Boston Non-Importation Agreement: Document Analysis




Boston Non-Importation Agreement: The Full Text




Intolerable Acts: The Full Text




Intolerable Acts: Document Analysis




Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress: The Full Text




Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress: Document Analysis




Patrick Henry's “Liberty or Death” Speech: Document Analysis




Patrick Henry's “Liberty or Death” Speech: The Full Text




Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition: Document Analysis




Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition: The Full Text




Common Sense: Document Analysis




Common Sense: The Full Text




Virginia Declaration of Rights: The Full Text




Virginia Declaration of Rights: Document Analysis




Declaration of Independence: Document Analysis




Declaration of Independence: The Full Text




Articles of Confederation: The Full Text




Articles of Confederation: Document Analysis




Treaty of Fort Pitt: The Full Text




Treaty of Fort Pitt: Document Analysis




Pennsylvania: An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery: The Full Text




Pennsylvania: An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery: Document Analysis




James Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments: Document Analysis




James Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments: The Full Text




Northwest Ordinance: Document Analysis




Northwest Ordinance: The Full Text




Constitution of the United States: Document Analysis




Constitution of the United States: The Full Text




Federalist Papers 10, 14, and 51: Document Analysis




Federalist Papers 10, 14, and 51: The Full Text




George Washington's First Inaugural Address: The Full Text




George Washington's First Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




George Washington's First Annual Message to Congress: The Full Text




George Washington's First Annual Message to Congress: Document Analysis




Jefferson's and Hamilton's Opinions on the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States: The Full Text




Jefferson's and Hamilton's Opinions on the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States: Document Analysis




Bill of Rights: Document Analysis




Bill of Rights: The Full Text




George Washington's Farewell Address: Document Analysis




George Washington's Farewell Address: The Full Text




Alien and Sedition Acts: The Full Text




Alien and Sedition Acts: Document Analysis




Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address: The Full Text




Thomas Jefferson's Message to Congress about the Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Full Text




Thomas Jefferson's Message to Congress about the Lewis and Clark Expedition: Document Analysis




Marbury v. Madison: The Full Text




Marbury v. Madison: Document Analysis




Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves: The Full Text




Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves: Document Analysis




Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee: The Full Text




Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee: Document Analysis




McCulloch v. Maryland: The Full Text




McCulloch v. Maryland: Document Analysis




Missouri Compromise: Document Analysis




Missouri Compromise: The Full Text




Monroe Doctrine: Document Analysis




Monroe Doctrine: The Full Text




Gibbons v. Ogden: Document Analysis




Gibbons v. Ogden: The Full Text




Andrew Jackson: On Indian Removal: Document Analysis




Andrew Jackson: On Indian Removal: The Full Text




William Lloyd Garrison's First Liberator Editorial: The Full Text




William Lloyd Garrison's First Liberator Editorial: Document Analysis




Andrew Jackson's Veto Message Regarding the Second Bank of the United States: The Full Text




Andrew Jackson's Veto Message Regarding the Second Bank of the United States: Document Analysis




South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification and Andrew Jackson's Proclamation regarding Nullification: The Full Text




South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification and Andrew Jackson's Proclamation regarding Nullification: Document Analysis




Joint Resolution of Congress for the Annexation of Texas: The Full Text




Joint Resolution of Congress for the Annexation of Texas: Document Analysis




Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments: Document Analysis




Seneca Falls Convention Declaration of Sentiments: The Full Text




Compromise of 1850: Document Analysis




Compromise of 1850: The Full Text




Frederick Douglass's “Fourth of July” Speech: The Full Text




Frederick Douglass's “Fourth of July” Speech: Document Analysis




Kansas-Nebraska Act: The Full Text




Kansas-Nebraska Act: Document Analysis




Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Full Text




Dred Scott v. Sandford: Document Analysis




Abraham Lincoln's “House Divided” Speech: Document Analysis




Abraham Lincoln's “House Divided” Speech: The Full Text




South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession: Document Analysis




South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession: The Full Text




Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address to the Confederacy: Document Analysis




Jefferson Davis's Inaugural Address to the Confederacy: The Full Text




Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address: The Full Text




Homestead Act: Document Analysis




Homestead Act: The Full Text




Morrill Act: Document Analysis




Morrill Act: The Full Text




Emancipation Proclamation: Document Analysis




Emancipation Proclamation: The Full Text




War Department General Order 143: The Full Text




War Department General Order 143: Document Analysis




Gettysburg Address: Document Analysis




Gettysburg Address: The Full Text




Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: The Full Text




Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia: Document Analysis




Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia: The Full Text




Black Code of Mississippi: Document Analysis




Black Code of Mississippi: The Full Text




Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Document Analysis




Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The Full Text




Civil Rights Act of 1866: The Full Text




Civil Rights Act of 1866: Document Analysis




Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: The Full Text




Articles of Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: Document Analysis




Treaty of Fort Laramie: The Full Text




Treaty of Fort Laramie: Document Analysis




Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The Full Text




Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Document Analysis




Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The Full Text




Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Document Analysis




Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park: The Full Text




Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park: Document Analysis




Rutherford B. Hayes's Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




Rutherford B. Hayes's Inaugural Address: The Full Text




Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Incandescent Light Bulb: Document Analysis




Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Incandescent Light Bulb: The Full Text




Chinese Exclusion Act: Document Analysis




Chinese Exclusion Act: The Full Text




Pendleton Civil Service Act: Document Analysis




Pendleton Civil Service Act: The Full Text




Interstate Commerce Act: Document Analysis




Interstate Commerce Act




Dawes Severalty Act: Document Analysis




Dawes Severalty Act: The Full Text




Sherman Antitrust Act: The Full Text




Sherman Antitrust Act: Document Analysis




Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address: Document Analysis




Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition Address: The Full Text




Plessy v. Ferguson: Document Analysis




Plessy v. Ferguson: The Full Text




William Jennings Bryan's “Cross of Gold” Speech: Document Analysis




William Jennings Bryan's “Cross of Gold” Speech: The Full Text




William McKinley's Message to Congress about Cuban Intervention: The Full Text




William McKinley's Message to Congress about Cuban Intervention: Document Analysis




The Insular Cases: Downes v. Bidwell: The Full Text




The Insular Cases: Downes v. Bidwell: Document Analysis




Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles: Document Analysis




Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles: The Full Text




Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: The Full Text




Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: Document Analysis




Muller v. Oregon: The Full Text




Muller v. Oregon: Document Analysis




Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Document Analysis




Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The Full Text




Zimmermann Telegram: Document Analysis




Zimmermann Telegram: The Full Text




Woodrow Wilson: Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War against Germany: Document Analysis




Woodrow Wilson: Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War against Germany: The Full Text




Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points: Document Analysis




Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points: The Full Text




Hammer v. Dagenhart: The Full Text




Hammer v. Dagenhart: Document Analysis




Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Document Analysis




Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The Full Text




Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address: The Full Text




Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




Tennessee Valley Authority Act: The Full Text




Tennessee Valley Authority Act: Document Analysis




National Industrial Recovery Act: The Full Text




National Industrial Recovery Act: Document Analysis




National Labor Relations Act: Document Analysis




National Labor Relations Act: The Full Text




Social Security Act: The Full Text




Social Security Act: Document Analysis




Franklin D. Roosevelt's Campaign Address at Madison Square Garden: Document Analysis




Franklin D. Roosevelt's Campaign Address at Madison Square Garden: The Full Text




United States v. Curtiss-Wright: Document Analysis




United States v. Curtiss-Wright: The Full Text




Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Message to Congress: Document Analysis




Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Message to Congress: The Full Text




Lend-Lease Act: Document Analysis




Lend-Lease Act: The Full Text




Executive Order 8802: Document Analysis




Executive Order 8802: The Full Text




Franklin D. Roosevelt's “Pearl Harbor” Speech: The Full Text




Franklin D. Roosevelt's “Pearl Harbor” Speech: Document Analysis




Executive Order 9066: The Full Text




Executive Order 9066: Document Analysis




Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day: Document Analysis




Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day: The Full Text




Servicemen's Readjustment Act: Document Analysis




Servicemen's Readjustment Act: The Full Text




Truman Doctrine: Document Analysis




Truman Doctrine: The Full Text




Marshall Plan: The Full Text




Marshall Plan: Document Analysis




Taft-Hartley Act: Document Analysis




Taft-Hartley Act: The Full Text




Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel: Document Analysis




Press Release Announcing U.S. Recognition of Israel: The Full Text




Executive Order 9981: The Full Text




Executive Order 9981: Document Analysis




Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer: Document Analysis




Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer: The Full Text




Brown v. Board of Education: The Full Text




Brown v. Board of Education: Document Analysis




Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy: Document Analysis




Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy: The Full Text




Southern Manifesto: Document Analysis




Southern Manifesto: The Full Text




Federal-Aid Highway Act: The Full Text




Federal-Aid Highway Act: Document Analysis




Executive Order 10730: Document Analysis




Executive Order 10730: The Full Text




Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address: The Full Text




Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address: Document Analysis




John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address: The Full Text




Executive Order 10924: Document Analysis




Executive Order 10924: The Full Text




John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center: The Full Text




John Glenn's Official Communication with the Command Center: Document Analysis




Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”: The Full Text




Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”: Document Analysis




John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Address: The Full Text




John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Address: Document Analysis




Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” Speech: Document Analysis




Martin Luther King, Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” Speech: The Full Text




Civil Rights Act of 1964: Document Analysis




Civil Rights Act of 1964: The Full Text




Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: The Full Text




Gulf of Tonkin Resolution: Document Analysis




Voting Rights Act: Document Analysis




Voting Rights Act: The Full Text




Miranda v. Arizona: Document Analysis




Miranda v. Arizona: The Full Text




Kerner Commission Report Summary: Document Analysis




Kerner Commission Report Summary: The Full Text




Equal Rights Amendment: Document Analysis




Equal Rights Amendment: The Full Text




Richard Nixon's Smoking Gun Tape: The Full Text




Richard Nixon's Smoking Gun Tape: Document Analysis




Roe v. Wade: The Full Text




Roe v. Wade: Document Analysis




Regents of the University of California v. Bakke: The Full Text




Regents of the University of California v. Bakke: Document Analysis




Ronald Reagan's “Evil Empire” Speech: Document Analysis




Ronald Reagan's “Evil Empire” Speech: The Full Text




César Chávez's Commonwealth Address: Document Analysis




César Chávez's Commonwealth Address: The Full Text




George H. W. Bush's Address to Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis: The Full Text




George H. W. Bush's Address to Congress on the Persian Gulf Crisis: Document Analysis




Bill Clinton's Radio Address on the Welfare Reform Act: The Full Text




Bill Clinton's Radio Address on the Welfare Reform Act: Document Analysis




Articles of Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton: Document Analysis




Articles of Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton: The Full Text




Bush v. Gore: The Full Text




Bush v. Gore: Document Analysis




George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on September 11, 2001




George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on September 11, 2001




Bybee Torture Memo: The Full Text




Bybee Torture Memo: Document Analysis




Lawrence v. Texas: Document Analysis




Lawrence v. Texas: The Full Text




Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address: Document Analysis




Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address: The Full Text