The Documents That Made America

"The Documents That Made America" is an unprecedented, chronological catalog of the key formative documents that created, shaped & influenced the American Republic.

over 300 of "The Documents that Made America"
more than 3 MILLION Words!
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Not only our Founding documents Ben Franklin's Articles of Confederation (1775) * Thoughts on Government by John Adams (1776) * the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) * the Lee Resolution (1776) * the Declaration of Independence (1776) * the Articles of Confederation (1777-1781) * the Virginia Plan (1787) * the U.S. Constitution (1787-1789) but also pivotal laws, treaties, Supreme Court decisions, Presidential speeches, inaugural addresses, farewell addresses, Civil Rights speeches and legislation, cultural icons and key inventions that served to shape the American Republic.

Read the powerful documents related to the expansion of the growing Republic the Northwest Ordinance (1787) * the Louisiana Purchase (1803) * The Missouri Compromise (1820) * The Monroe Doctrine (1823) [declaring America's political influence in the Western Hemisphere, while opposing any meddling by European colonial powers] * the Oregon Treaty (1846) * the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) * the Gadsden Purchase Treaty (1853) * the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) * the Homestead Act (1862) [intended to help develop the American West & promote economic growth] * the Alaska Purchase (1867) * Joint Resolution to Annex the Hawaiian Islands (1898) * the Hawaii Admission Act (1959).
Included herein are also the Territories of the United States Puerto Rico (1899) * Guam (1899) * American Samoa (1900) * U.S. Virgin Islands (1917) * Northern Mariana Islands (1986).

Highlighting the struggle for liberty & justice, herein are included early Slavery cases in British North America (1640-1705). As well as the very powerful (and painful) writings of former slaves, such as Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs and Booker T. Washington; also, works by W .E. B. Du Bois.

And, of course, the writings and speeches of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King.

Furthermore, no discussion of Civil Rights could ignore the abuses endured by the Indigenous Peoples, as well as their efforts for justice the Treaty with the Creeks (1790) * The Indian Removal Act of 1830 * George W. Harkins letter (1832) [Mr. Harkings was an attorney and prominent chief of the Choctaw tribe who penned an open letter to America] * the Treaty with the Kiowa, Comanche & Apache (1867) * the Fort Laramie Treaty [Sioux] (1868) * the Indian Citizenship Act (1924) * the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 and the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968.

Earlier formative documents would include the Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England (1643) * Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania (1681) * William Penn's Charter of Libertie (1682) * The Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges (1701).

And earlier yet, in the "Addendum," you'll find the Magna Carta (1215) * Christopher Columbus documents (1492-93) * The Letters Patents of King Henry VII (1498) * Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh (1584) * Great Charter of New England to His Majesty (1635) * William Bradford & Surrender of Plymouth Patent (1640) * Treaty of Westphalia (1648) * Habeas Corpus Act (1679) * English Bill of Rights (1689).

Peruse 809 years of "The Documents That Made America" (1215-2024).

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