Historical Documents

• The Declaration of Independence
  

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  Convention 1787

1787 Convention Proceedings and Delegate Credentials

Letters of the Founders

The Constitution and Amendments in one page

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• U.S. Constitution
  • Article V

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• The Bill of Rights, Amendments 1-10

  Later Amendments
• The Constitution: Amendments 11-27

The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers

• Federalist Papers

  Anti-Federalist Papers
• Anti-Federalist Papers

The Articles of Confederation, which preceded the Constitution

• Articles of Confederation
  

Pre-Revolutionary Era

• Elementary Catechism on the Constitution of the United States (1828)
• The Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights - 1689
• The Charter of Liberties of Henry I of England - 1100 AD

Post-Revolutionary Era

• Notes on Nullification - James Madison