Magna Carta 1215
KNOW THAT BEFORE GOD, for the health of our soul and those of our ancestors and heirs, to the honour ...Read More

The Mayflower Compact 1620
Mayflower Compact Transcription In ye name of God Amen We whose names are vnderwriten, the loyall ...Read More

"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine 1776
I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with concise remarks on the English Constituti ...Read More

The Declaration of Independence 1776
WHEN, in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political B ...Read More

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union 1781
Before the Constitution....there was The Articles of Confederation in effect, the first constitu ...Read More

The United States Constitution 1787
WE, the PEOPLE of the UNITED STATES, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensur ...Read More

The Bill of Rights 1791
The Preamble to The Bill of Rights Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New- ...Read More

The Gettysburg Address 1863
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived ...Read More