Historical Documents

The Burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. Painting by Howard Pyle, 1905.
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Newspaper documenting the court case
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Class Photo at a Mexican-American School Featuring Future President Lyndon B. Johnson
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Louisiana Purchase
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The President Dead
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Brown Entrance Into Hell Song
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
English Bill of Rights
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763), ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
President Woodrow Wilson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Indian Land for Sale
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
The Boston Tea Party, which led to the passage of the Intolerable Acts
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Statement by Frank E. Gannett
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Text of the 4th Amendment
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Redlining Map, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1935
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
A. Mitchell Palmer
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Poem
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Gideon v Wainwright
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Photo of the 1921 Supreme Court
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Virginia Plan Front Page
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Broadside of John Brown's Last Speech
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Image of the first page of Declaration of Independance
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
President Thomas Jefferson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Printed Proclamation
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Lincoln Assassination Headline
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Students Praying in School
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Map showing American territorial gains
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Democratic National Convention 1860
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rebecca Nurse
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
First Assembly of Virginia, 1619
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
General Thomas Gage
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alan (Moondog) Freed
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Picture of Cesar Chavez
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)