Contains thirty-two full-text primary source documents that helped to shape American society from 1763 to 1823 including the Proclamation of 1763, Treaty of Fort Pitt, the Bill of Rights, the Missouri Compromise, and the Monroe Doctrine.

A new series combining full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary.

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In-depth, analytical essays illuminating famous primary source documents from U.S and world history. Each entry includes the full text of the document in question as well as an essay that places the document in its historical context.

The words written by American political leaders during the Revolution were more important than battles won and lost. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights-relating the development and application laid down by Revolutionary.

An expansion of the 2002 National Archives and Records Administration "Our Documents" project offers 133 documents originating from the pre-Revolutionary era to 2003, including public laws, Supreme Court decisions, treaties, inaugural speeches constitutio