Historical Documents

Gun Violence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 78
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Copley Medal
Copley Medal
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States and Morocco
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Federalist No. 68
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Americans Call for Term Limits, End to Electoral College: Gallup.com
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
James Madison by Glibert Stuart
Federalist No. 46
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Franklin Letter
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to the Committee of Secret Correspondence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
"Keep Off!" cartoon
Monroe Doctrine
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Image of the first page of Declaration of Independance
Declaration of Independence
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Federalist No. 48
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Treaty of Peace and Amity, with Article Additional and Explanatory, Signed at Algiers December 22 and 23, 1816
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Two Treatises of Government Title Page
Chapter 2 Of the State of Nature
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
No Increase in Mass Shootings
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Virginia Plan Front Page
Virginia Plan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Articles

Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution, by Richard Beeman (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Daughters (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Widow Washington (Fall 2020 George Washington Prize | Volume: 65, Issue: 8)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Dartmoor Massacre (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Indian World of George Washington (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Founding Wizard (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington on September 11, 1776 (September/October 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The First Act of Submarine Warfare (September 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
A Moose for the Misinformed: Jefferson and Natural History (Summer 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lafayette's Grand American Tour (Summer 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
An Update on “Save the Glover!” (Spring 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Shots Heard Round the World (Spring 2025 | Volume: 70, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cover: Gilbert Stuart's Last Portrait of Washington (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
James Monroe’s “Furniture Fund” (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Student Who Exasperated George Washington (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Young George Washington (Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books | Volume: 64, Issue: 5)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
McCullough's "The Pioneers" (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Jefferson’s Shame? (May/June 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Compromise 2: Missouri, Slave Or Free? (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Magna Carta Comes to America (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
George Washington: A Life in Books (Special Issue - George Washington Prize 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
They Turned the World Upside Down (Winter 2026 | Volume: 71, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Attempted Impeachment of Thomas Jefferson (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Plight of Massachusetts Loyalists (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Samuel Adams Starts a Revolution (May 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 3)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Franklin Charms Paris (Spring 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 1)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Soldier in a Longboat (February 1960 | Volume: 11, Issue: 2)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)

Historical Images

The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering
The Bostonians Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Marshall Door
Bronze Door Panel of the Supreme Court Building
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Shay's Rebellion Illustration
Soldiers Fire on Protesters- Shays' Rebellion
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cartoon
A new declaration of independence in the year 1885
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)

Collections

Signing the Constitution
Was the Constitution An Economic Document? by Henry Steele Commager
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
filibuster
The Filibuster Since 1789, by Allan Damon
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)