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Defining Documents in World History: The 18th Century (1701-1800)

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




The American Colonies in Resistance and Revolution




Proclamation of 1763




Declaration of Rights of the Stamp Act Congress




Boston Non-Importation Agreement




Patrick Henry: “Liberty or Death” Speech




Proclamation by the King for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition




Lord Dunmore’s Proclamation




Thomas Paine: Common Sense




George Mason: Virginia Declaration of Rights




Declaration of Independence




The Founding of a New Democratic Republic




Articles of Confederation




Thomas Jefferson: Notes on the State of Virginia




Northwest Ordinance




Constitution of the United States




James Madison: Federalist 10




James Madison: Federalist 51




George Washington: First Inaugural Address




Bill of Rights




Thomas Jefferson: “Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank”




Alexander Hamilton: “Opinion as to the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States”




George Washington: Farewell Address




Alien and Sedition Acts




Slavery and Democracy?




John Woolman: Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes




Petition of Prince Hall and Other African Americans to the Massachusetts General Court




Pennsylvania: An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery




Slavery Clauses in the U.S. Constitution




Fugitive Slave Act of 1793




Richard Allen: “An Address to Those Who Keep Slaves, and Approve the Practice”




Prince Hall: A Charge Delivered to the African Lodge




Rights and Revolution in France




Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen




Olympe de Gouges: Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen




The British Abroad




British Regulating Act




Qianlong: Letter to George III




Appendixes




Chronology




Web Resources




Bibliography