Historical Documents

Boston Harbor
The Boston Port Act, 1774
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
General Thomas Gage
The Massachusetts Government Act, 1774
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Reagan's Farewell Address
Ronald Reagan's Farewell Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Painting of Jamestown Life.
A True Declaration of the Estate in Virginia, 1610
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
4score
"Day of Infamy" Speech
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
4score
The Royal Charter of Connecticut, 1662
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
4score
The Covenant of the League of Nations
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
The Defeat of Braddock
A French Account of Braddock's Defeat in 1755, Captain de Contrecoeur
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport
George Washington Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790
Excerpt from Champlain
In His Own Words: Samuel de Champlain
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Alexander Hamilton
Quotations of Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Langston Hughes
Harlem, a poem by Langston Hughes
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
John L. O'Sullivan
John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny
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)
Image of Man.
Articles, Laws, and Orders, Divine, Politic, and Martial for the Colony in Virginia, 1610-1611.
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Mark Twain in 1907
The War Prayer
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
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)
4score
A Time for Choosing Speech
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
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)
First Assembly of Virginia, 1619
Laws Enacted by the First General Assembly of Virginia, 1619
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
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)
George W. Bush
President George Bush's Address Announcing End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Signing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
The Burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. Painting by Howard Pyle, 1905.
Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
A Gold Hunter's Experience, Chalkley J. Hambleton
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)
4score
Zimmermann Telegram
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Image of First Charter of Virginia
First Charter of Virginia, 1606
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
Speech on the Challenger Disaster
President Ronald Reagan's Speech on Space Shuttle Challenger
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Hamilton is Mortally Wounded by Burr
Timeline: Alexander Hamilton's Chronology, 1788-1854
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military
Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces (1948)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Reagan Being Sworn In
Ronald Reagan's First Inaugural Address
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
First Bank of the United States
Hamilton's Opinion on the National Bank
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Hamilton and Washington
Letter to George Washington from Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Samuel De Champlain
Samuel De Champlain Voyages, 1604
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Sons of Liberty dumped tea in Boston Harbor
Eyewitness Account of George Hewes
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
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President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to Congress (1941)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Articles of Confederation
Articles of Confederation
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Lincoln's address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery,
The Gettysburg Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Federalist Papers
Federalist No. 78
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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)
work at Jamestown
Letter from an Indentured Servant to His Parents, 1623
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
The Coffin of Patrick Carr
The Coffin of Patrick Carr
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Cover of "A Hundred Miles of Bad Road"
Explanation of Cover Photograph of Book "A Hundred Miles of Bad Road" by Philip Randazzo
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763)
American Progress
American Progress, John Gast
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)