Historic Documents

The Magna Carta (June 15, 1215)

The Declaration of Independence (July 2, 1776)
Articles of Confederation (Nov. 15, 1777)

The Federalist Papers (1787)
The Anti-Federalist Papers (1787)

The Constitution (September 17, 1787)
Letter Of Transmittal (September 17, 1787)
Articles of Amendment (1787)
Natural Law, the Constitution, and Judicial Review
Test your knowledge on our Constitution
Constitution Q & A

Madison's Proposal for the Bill of Rights (June 8, 1789)
Bill of Rights Preamble (1789)
The First Ten Amendments as Ratified (1789)
Amendments 11-27 to the Constitution

• The Code of Hammurabi (circa 1727-1680 BC)
• The Ten Commandments (BC)
• The Constitutions of Clarendon (1164)
• The Declaration of Arbroath (1320)
• Privileges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus (1492)
• The Twelve Articles of the Swabian Peasants (March 1525)
• Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh (March 25, 1584)
• 1st Virginia Charter (1606)
• 2nd Virginia Charter (1609)
• 3rd Virginia Charter (1612)
• Mayflower Compact (November 11, 1620)
• Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford and His Associates (1629)
• Charter of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629)
• The Charter of Maryland (1632)
• The Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to His Majesty (1635)
• Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven (1639)
• The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
• Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire (1639)
• The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England (May 19, 1643)
• The Maryland Toleration Act (Sept. 21, 1649)
• Charter of Connecticut (1662)
• Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (July 15, 1663)
• Charter of Carolina (June 30, 1665)
• Penn's Charter of Libertie (April 25, 1682)
• Connecticut Colony Charter (1662)
• The First Thanksgiving Proclamation (1676)
• English Bill of Rights (1689)
• John Locke: The Second Treatise of Government (1689)
• Charter of Delaware (1701)
• Charter of Georgia (1732)
• Albany Plan of Union (1754)
• Resolutions of the Stamp Act (1765)
• Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
• Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress (October 14, 1774)
• Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! (March 23, 1775)
• Call to Arms (July 6, 1775)
• Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776)
• The Constitution of Virginia (Jun. 29, 1776)
• Common Sense - Thomas Paine (1776)
• The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine (1776)
• Constitution of New Hampshire (1776)
• Constitution of South Carolina (1776)
• Constitution of New Jersey (1776)
• Constitution of Delaware (1776)
• Constitution of Pennsylvania (1776)
• Constitution of Maryland (1776)
• Constitution of North Carolina (1776)
• Constitution of Georgia (1777)
• Constitution of New York (1777)
• Constitution of Vermont (1777)
• Constitution of South Carolina (1778)
• Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America (1782)
• Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities (1783)
• Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America (1783)
• Proclamation Declaring the Cessation of Arms (1783)
• Treaty of Paris (1783)
• Memorial and Remonstrance (1785)
• Annapolis Convention (September 14, 1786)
• The Religious Freedom Statute (1786)
• North-west Ordinance (July 13, 1787)
• Militia Act of 1792
• Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)
• Inaugural Address of John Adams (1797)
• War of 1812
• Treaty of Ghent (1814)
• Charter of the United Nations (June 26, 1945)
• International Organizations Immunities Act (December 9, 1945)
• United Nations Participation Act (December 20, 1945)
• Participation in UNESCO (July 30, 1946)
• Amendment of United Nations Participation Act (October 10, 1949)
• North Atlantic Treaty (April 4, 1949)

 

Historic Documents (part 2)