| Title |
|
Magna Carta |
| Description |
|
Magna Carta |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1215
|
| Type |
|
Royal agreement |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Christopher Columbus |
| Title |
|
Columbus's Journal |
| Description |
|
Columbus's journal entries from August to November 1492. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1492
|
| Type |
|
Journal |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Christopher Columbus |
| Title |
|
Columbus's Letter to the King and Queen of Spain |
| Description |
|
Columbus's letter to King Ferdinand and Queen Isbella of Spain in 1492, decribing his voyage to the New World. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1494
|
| Type |
|
Letter |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
| Title |
|
Coronado's Report to Viceroy Mendoza |
| Description |
|
Coronado's report of his travels through the Southwest |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
|
| Type |
|
Report |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca |
| Title |
|
The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca |
| Description |
|
Cabeza de Vaca's account of his journey through the Southwest. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1542
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Edward Haies |
| Title |
|
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage To Newfoundland |
| Description |
|
Narrative of a voyage to Newfoundland in 1583. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1583
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Sir Richard Hakluyt |
| Title |
|
Discourse of Western Planting |
| Description |
|
Description of the advantages of New World colonization. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1584
|
| Type |
|
Essay |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Hariot |
| Title |
|
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia |
| Description |
|
Description of early Virginia |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1588
|
| Type |
|
Report |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John White |
| Title |
|
Return to Roanoke |
| Description |
|
John White returns to Roanoke Island to discover the colonists missing. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1590
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Instructions for the Virginia Colony |
| Description |
|
Instructions to the colonists who would settle Jamestown. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1606
|
| Type |
|
Instructions |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Mayflower Compact |
| Description |
|
Agreement among passengers aboard the Mayflower. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1620
|
| Type |
|
Agreement |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Winthrop |
| Title |
|
City Upon a Hill |
| Description |
|
John Winthrop describes the Puritan mission in New England. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1630
|
| Type |
|
Essay |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Maryland Toleration Act |
| Description |
|
Maryland statute concerning religion. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1649
|
| Type |
|
Colonial statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Navigation Acts |
| Description |
|
Navigation acts. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1660
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statutes |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Don Antonio de Otermin |
| Title |
|
Account of the Pueblo Revolt |
| Description |
|
Report on the Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico in 1680. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
September 08,1680
|
| Type |
|
Report |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Marquis de Seignelay |
| Title |
|
Memoir for the Marquis de Seignelay Regarding the Dangers That Threaten Canada and the Means to Remedy Them |
| Description |
|
French fears of English threats to Canada. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1687
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
King William |
| Title |
|
King William of England Addresses Parliament on the French Question |
| Description |
|
English fears of the French. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
December 31,1701
|
| Type |
|
Royal declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Robert Beverly |
| Title |
|
Bacon's Rebellion |
| Description |
|
An account of Bacon's Rebellion. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1704
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Jonathan Mayhew |
| Title |
|
A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers |
| Description |
|
A discourse on submission to authority. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1750
|
| Type |
|
Discourse |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Gottlieb Mittelberger |
| Title |
|
On the Misfortune of Indentured Servants |
| Description |
|
Gottlieb Mittelberger, On the Misfortune of Indentured Servants |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1754
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Currency Act of 1764 |
| Description |
|
Currency Act of 1764. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1764
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Sugar Act |
| Description |
|
Sugar Act of 1764. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1764
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Quartering Act |
| Description |
|
Quartering Act of 1765 |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1765
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Stamp Act |
| Description |
|
Stamp Act of 1765 |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1765
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Continental Congress’ Declaration of Rights and Grievances |
| Description |
|
The Continental Congress’ Declaration of Rights and Grievances. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
October 19,1765
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Resolutions on the Stamp Act |
| Description |
|
Resolutions on the Stamp Act, Massachuetts Assembly |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
October 29,1765
|
| Type |
|
Resolutions |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Adams |
| Title |
|
A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law |
| Description |
|
John Adams's A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1765
|
| Type |
|
Treatise |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin In the House of Commons |
| Description |
|
Examination of Dr. Benjamin Franklin In the House of Commons in 1766. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1766
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary testimony |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Declaratory Act |
| Description |
|
The Declaratory Act of 1766. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1766
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Townshend Act |
| Description |
|
The Townshend Act of 1767. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1767
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston |
| Description |
|
Anonymous account of the Boston Massacre. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1770
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Preston |
| Title |
|
Captain Thomas Preston's account of the Boston Massacre |
| Description |
|
Capt.Thomas Preston's account of the Boston Massacre. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 13,1770
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Tea Act |
| Description |
|
The Tea Act of 1773. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1773
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Administration of Justice Act |
| Description |
|
The Administration of Justice Act of 1774. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1774
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Boston Port Act |
| Description |
|
The Boston Port Act of 1774. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1774
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Massachusetts Government Act |
| Description |
|
The Massachusetts Government Act of 1774. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1774
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Quebec Act |
| Description |
|
The Quebec Act of 1774. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1774
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Quartering Act |
| Description |
|
The Quartering Act of 1774 |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1774
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Declaration and Resolves |
| Description |
|
Declaration and Resolves of the Continental Congress. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
October 14,1774
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
An Appeal to the Inhabitants of Quebec |
| Description |
|
An Appeal to the Inhabitants of Quebec. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1774
|
| Type |
|
Appeal |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Jefferson |
| Title |
|
A Summary View of the Rights of British America |
| Description |
|
Jefferson's A Summary View of the Rights of British America |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1774
|
| Type |
|
Essay |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress |
| Description |
|
Protests lodged by the First Continental Congress in 1774. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
October 14,1774
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms |
| Description |
|
The Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
July 06,1775
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Olive Branch Petition |
| Description |
|
The Olive Branch Petition of 1775. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
July 08,1775
|
| Type |
|
Petition |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Resolutions and Recommendations of Congress |
| Description |
|
The Resolutions and Recommendations of Congress. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 10,1775
|
| Type |
|
Resolutions |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Royal Proclamation of Rebellion |
| Description |
|
The Royal Proclamation of Rebellion of 1775. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
August 23,1775
|
| Type |
|
Royal proclamation |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Patrick Henry |
| Title |
|
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death |
| Description |
|
Account published after the event of Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" address. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 23,1775
|
| Type |
|
Speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Paine |
| Title |
|
The American Crisis |
| Description |
|
Paine's The American Crisis. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1776
|
| Type |
|
Tract |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Jefferson |
| Title |
|
"Rough Draft" of the Declaration of Independence |
| Description |
|
"Rough Draft" of the Declaration of Independence.
"Rough Draft" of the Declaration of Independence. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1776
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Declaration of Independence |
| Description |
|
The Declaration of Independence |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
July 04,1776
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Virginia Declaration of Rights |
| Description |
|
Virginia Declaration of Rights |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
June 12,1776
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Adams |
| Title |
|
Thoughts on Government |
| Description |
|
John Adams's Thoughts on Government |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1776
|
| Type |
|
Essay |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Town Meeting Resolution |
| Description |
|
Town Meeting Resolution, Concord, Massachusetts, 1776. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1776
|
| Type |
|
Resolutions |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Paine |
| Title |
|
Common Sense |
| Description |
|
Paine's Common Sense. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
February 14,1776
|
| Type |
|
Pamphlet |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
American Revolution |
| Description |
|
Military engagements |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1776
|
| Type |
|
Narratives |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Jefferson |
| Title |
|
A Bill Concerning Slaves |
| Description |
|
A bill concerning slaves in Virginia. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1779
|
| Type |
|
Proposed legislation |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Articles of Confederation |
| Description |
|
Articles of Confederation |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 01,1781
|
| Type |
|
Constitution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Articles of Confederation |
| Description |
|
The United States of America's first constitution |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 01,1781
|
| Type |
|
Constitution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Treaty of Paris |
| Description |
|
The Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
September 03,1783
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Annapolis Convention |
| Description |
|
Proceedings of a convention to consider colonial union. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
September 14,1786
|
| Type |
|
Convention proceedings |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Connecticut Compromise |
| Description |
|
Compromise proposal that made the U.S. Constitution possible. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1787
|
| Type |
|
Constitution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Northwest Ordinance |
| Description |
|
Confederation Congress establishes principles for organizing the Old Northwest. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1787
|
| Type |
|
Ordinance |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Report of the Committee of Style |
| Description |
|
The Report of the Committee of Style of the U.S. Constitution. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
September 12,1787
|
| Type |
|
Constitution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
U.S. Constitution |
| Description |
|
The U.S. Constitution, which was ratified on June 21, 1788. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
September 17,1787
|
| Type |
|
Constitution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Jefferson |
| Title |
|
Notes on the State of Virginia |
| Description |
|
Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1787
|
| Type |
|
Book |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Federalist |
| Description |
|
The Federalist Papers by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1787
|
| Type |
|
Essays |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
James Madison |
| Title |
|
Memorandum On A Colony In Africa For Manumitted Slaves |
| Description |
|
Memorandum On A Colony In Africa For Manumitted Slaves. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
October 20,1789
|
| Type |
|
Memorandum |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Benjamin Franklin |
| Title |
|
An Address to the Public (Concerning Slavery) |
| Description |
|
An Address to the Public (Concerning Slavery) by Benjamin Franklin. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
November 09,1789
|
| Type |
|
Speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Address of the Senate to President George Washington |
| Description |
|
Address of the Senate to President George Washington |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 18,1789
|
| Type |
|
Speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Judiciary Act of 1789 |
| Description |
|
Act establishing the federal court system. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1789
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
George Washington |
| Title |
|
Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport |
| Description |
|
Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1790
|
| Type |
|
Letter |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Jefferson |
| Title |
|
Opinion on Renouncing the Treaties with France |
| Description |
|
Jefferson's opinion on renouncing treaties with France. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
April 28,1793
|
| Type |
|
Letter |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 |
| Description |
|
Fugitive Slave Law of 1793. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1793
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
George Washington |
| Title |
|
Proclamation of Neutrality |
| Description |
|
Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality in the war between Britain and France. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
April 22,1793
|
| Type |
|
Presidential proclamation |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
George Washington |
| Title |
|
The Whiskey Rebellion |
| Description |
|
Washington's proclamation on the Whiskey Rebellion. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
August 07,1784
|
| Type |
|
Presidential Proclamation |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Jay Treaty |
| Description |
|
The Jay Treaty of 1794. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1794
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Treaty of Greenville |
| Description |
|
The Treaty of Greenville of 1795. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1795
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
George Washington |
| Title |
|
Farewell Address |
| Description |
|
Washington's Farewell Address. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
September 19,1796
|
| Type |
|
Presidential message |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Sedition Act |
| Description |
|
Sedition Act of 1798. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1798
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Kentucky Resolution |
| Description |
|
Kentucky Resolution, adopted in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1799
|
| Type |
|
State resolution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Jefferson |
| Title |
|
Jefferson's First Inaugural Address |
| Description |
|
Jefferson's first inaugural address. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 04,1801
|
| Type |
|
Presidential address |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Thomas Jefferson |
| Title |
|
Jefferson's Letter to Meriwether Lewis |
| Description |
|
Jefferson's letter to Meriwether Lewis. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
June 20,1803
|
| Type |
|
Letter |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Marshall |
| Title |
|
Marbury v. Madison |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court decision establishing the principle of judicial review. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1803
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Louisiana Purchase Treaty |
| Description |
|
Treaty in which France agrees to sell Louisiana Territory to the United States |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1803
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Louisiana Purchase |
| Description |
|
Documents relating to the Louisiana Purchase. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1803
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Debates on American Neutrality |
| Description |
|
Newspaper articles prior to the outbreak of the War of 1812. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1807
|
| Type |
|
Newspaper editorials |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Declaration of the War of 1812 |
| Description |
|
Newspaper articles |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1812
|
| Type |
|
Newspaper editorials |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
War of 1812 |
| Description |
|
Documents relating to the War of 1812 |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1812
|
| Type |
|
Declaration of war |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Indian Wars |
| Description |
|
Military engagements. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1812
|
| Type |
|
Narratives |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
War of 1812 |
| Description |
|
Military engagements. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1812
|
| Type |
|
Narratives |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The New England Threat of Secession |
| Description |
|
Newspaper article |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
January 13,1813
|
| Type |
|
Newspaper editorial |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Peace With Britain |
| Description |
|
Newspaper articles after the War of 1812 |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1815
|
| Type |
|
Newspaper editorials |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Treaty of Ghent |
| Description |
|
Treaty ending the War of 1812. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
February 18,1815
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Marshall |
| Title |
|
McCullough v. Maryland |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court decision dealing with the powers of the federal government and federal supremacy over the states. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1819
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
James Monroe |
| Title |
|
Monroe Doctrine |
| Description |
|
Portions of presidential address that have become known as the Monroe Doctrine. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1823
|
| Type |
|
Presidential address |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Marshall |
| Title |
|
Gibbons v. Ogden |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court decision dealing with interstate commerce and federal supremacy. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1824
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Removal Act |
| Description |
|
The Removal Act of 1830. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 28,1830
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Nat Turner |
| Title |
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| Description |
|
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1831
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Marshall |
| Title |
|
Cherokee v. Georgia |
| Description |
|
Court decision on the status of Indians under the Constitution. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1831
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Marshall |
| Title |
|
Worcester v. Georgia |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court ruling on state jurisdiction over Indian lands. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1832
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Andrew Jackson |
| Title |
|
Andrew Jackson's Seventh Annual Message to Congress |
| Description |
|
President Andrew Jackson defends his policy of Indian removal. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
December 07,1835
|
| Type |
|
Presidential Message to Congress |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Declaration of the People of Texas |
| Description |
|
Texas declares independence from Mexico. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
November 07,1835
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Alexis de Tocqueville |
| Title |
|
Democracy in America |
| Description |
|
Tocqueville's Democracy in America |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1835
|
| Type |
|
Book |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Stephen F. Austin |
| Title |
|
Address of the Hon. S.F. Austin |
| Description |
|
Stephen F. Austin defends Texas' declaration of independence. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 07,1836
|
| Type |
|
Speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John L. O'Sullivan |
| Title |
|
Manifest Destiny |
| Description |
|
O'Sullivan's describes America's manifest destiny. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1839
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Quincy Adams |
| Title |
|
Amistad Affair |
| Description |
|
Portions of Adams's diary dealing with the Amistad Affair. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1840
|
| Type |
|
Diary |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Kale |
| Title |
|
Letter from Kale to John Quincy Adams |
| Description |
|
Letter from a child who was an Amistad captive |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
January 04,1841
|
| Type |
|
Letter |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Kale |
| Title |
|
Letter from Kinna to John Quincy Adams |
| Description |
|
Letter from an Amistad captive. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
January 04,1841
|
| Type |
|
Letter |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
| Description |
|
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty between the United States and Britain. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1842
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
George Catlin |
| Title |
|
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Conditions of the North American Indians |
| Description |
|
Catlin's Letters and Notes…on the North American Indians. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1844
|
| Type |
|
Book |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
James K. Polk |
| Title |
|
Polk's Message on War with Mexico |
| Description |
|
President James K. Polk calls on Congress to declare war on Mexico. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 11,1846
|
| Type |
|
Presidential message to Congress |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Oregon Treaty |
| Description |
|
Treaty resolving boundary disputes between Britain and the United States over the Pacific Northwest. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
June 15,1846
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Mexican-American War |
| Description |
|
Military engagements. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1846
|
| Type |
|
Narratives |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
| Description |
|
Treaty ending the Mexican War |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
February 02,1848
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| Title |
|
Seneca Falls Declaration |
| Description |
|
Declaration issued by the first women's rights convention |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1848
|
| Type |
|
Resolutions |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Francis Parkman |
| Title |
|
The Oregon Trail |
| Description |
|
Parkman's account of the Oregon Trail. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1849
|
| Type |
|
Book |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty |
| Description |
|
The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty between the United States and Britain. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
April 19,1850
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| Description |
|
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1854
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Charles Sumner |
| Title |
|
The Crime Against Kansas |
| Description |
|
Sumner's speech on the Crime Against Kansas. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 19,1856
|
| Type |
|
Speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Republican Party Platform, 1856 |
| Description |
|
Republican Party platform of 1856. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1856
|
| Type |
|
Party platform |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Testimony of Canadian Fugitives |
| Description |
|
The testimony of fugitive slaves from Benjamin Drew, ed., The Refugee. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1856
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Roger Taney |
| Title |
|
Dred Scott v. Sandford |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court decision dealing with rights of African Americans and Congressional powers to regulate slavery in the territories. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1857
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Abraham Lincoln |
| Title |
|
House Divided speech |
| Description |
|
Lincoln's House Divided speech. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
June 16,1858
|
| Type |
|
Speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
John Brown's Raid |
| Description |
|
Newspaper accounts of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1859
|
| Type |
|
Newspaper articles |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Brown |
| Title |
|
John Brown's Final Address to the Court |
| Description |
|
John Brown's final address to the court. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
November 02,1859
|
| Type |
|
Speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Juan Cortina |
| Title |
|
Proclamation to the Mexicans of Texas |
| Description |
|
Documents on the Brownsville, Texas, Uprising of 1859 |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1859
|
| Type |
|
Proclamation |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Democratic Platform, 1860 (Douglas faction) |
| Description |
|
Democratic Party platform of 1860, Douglas faction. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
June 18,1860
|
| Type |
|
Party platform |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Democratic Platform, 1860 (Breckinridge faction) |
| Description |
|
Democratic Party platform, 1860, Breckinridge faction. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1860
|
| Type |
|
Party platform |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Republican Platform, 1860 |
| Description |
|
The 1860 Republican party platform. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 16,1860
|
| Type |
|
Party platform |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Crittenden |
| Title |
|
Crittenden Compromise |
| Description |
|
The Crittenden Compromise proposal. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
December 18,1860
|
| Type |
|
Congressional proposal |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Abraham Lincoln |
| Title |
|
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address |
| Description |
|
Lincoln's first inaugural address. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 04,1861
|
| Type |
|
Presidential address |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Declaration of Causes of the Seceding States |
| Description |
|
Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1861
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Secession Ordinances |
| Description |
|
Secession ordinances of 13 Confederate states. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1861
|
| Type |
|
Ordinances |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Constitution of the Confederate States |
| Description |
|
Constitution of the Confederate States. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1861
|
| Type |
|
Constitution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Julia Ward Howe |
| Title |
|
Battle Hymn of the Republic |
| Description |
|
The text of The Battle Hymn of the Republic |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1862
|
| Type |
|
Song lyrics |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Homestead Act |
| Description |
|
Law providing for free land for western settlers. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 20,1862
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Pacific Railway Act |
| Description |
|
Act authorizing construction of a transcontinental railroad. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
July 01,1862
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Morrill Land Grant Act |
| Description |
|
Congressional act to establish land grant colleges. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1862
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Abraham Lincoln |
| Title |
|
Emancipation Proclamation |
| Description |
|
President Abraham Lincoln frees slaves in areas in rebellion against the United States. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
January 01,1863
|
| Type |
|
Presidential proclamation |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Abraham Lincoln |
| Title |
|
Gettysburg Address |
| Description |
|
Gettysburg Address |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
November 19,1863
|
| Type |
|
Presidential address |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Lawrence Massacre |
| Description |
|
Account of conflict over slavery in Kansas during the mid-1850s |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1863
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Sand Creek Massacre |
| Description |
|
Documents relating to the Sand Creek, Colorado, Massacre of 1864. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1864
|
| Type |
|
Newspaper editorials |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Abraham Lincoln |
| Title |
|
Second Inaugural Address |
| Description |
|
Lincoln's Second Inaugural address. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 04,1865
|
| Type |
|
Presidential address |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
David Davis |
| Title |
|
Ex parte Milligan |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court ruling on the power of the federal government to institute martial law. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1866
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Alaska Treaty |
| Description |
|
The U.S. treaty acquiring Alaska from Russia. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 30,1867
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Fort Laramie Treaty |
| Description |
|
Treaty between the United States and the Plains Indians. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1868
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Wesley Powell |
| Title |
|
Exploration of the Colorado River |
| Description |
|
Powell's account of his exploration of the Colorado River. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1875
|
| Type |
|
Book |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Custer Massacre |
| Description |
|
Harper's Weekly on Custer's Last Stand. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
August 05,1876
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Little Big Horn |
| Description |
|
The New York Times on Custer's Last Stand. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1876
|
| Type |
|
Newspaper article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
M.A. Reno |
| Title |
|
Report on the Battle of the Little Big Horn |
| Description |
|
Report of M.A. Reno on the Battle of the Little Big Horn. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
July 05,1876
|
| Type |
|
Report |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Chief Joseph |
| Title |
|
An Indian's Views of Indian Affairs |
| Description |
|
Chief Joseph in the North American Review. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1879
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Chief Joseph |
| Title |
|
Chief Joseph Speaks |
| Description |
|
Speeches by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1879
|
| Type |
|
Speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Benjamin Singleton |
| Title |
|
Testimony of Benjamin Singleton |
| Description |
|
Testimony on the migration of African Americans to Kansas after the Civil War. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
April 17,1880
|
| Type |
|
Testimony |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Chester Arthur |
| Title |
|
Indian Policy Reform |
| Description |
|
President Chester Arthur calls for reform of federal Indian policy. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
December 06,1881
|
| Type |
|
Presidential Message to Congress |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Red Horse |
| Title |
|
The Battle of the Little Bighorn |
| Description |
|
A Lakota chief's account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1881
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Luzena Stanley Wilson |
| Title |
|
Luzena Stanley Wilson: '49er |
| Description |
|
Reminiscences of the California Gold Rush of 1849. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1881
|
| Type |
|
Memoirs |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Chinese Exclusion Act |
| Description |
|
The Chinese Exclusion Treaty of 1880 and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1882
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Chinese Exclusion Act |
| Description |
|
Chinese Exclusion Act |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1882
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Pendleton Civil Service Act |
| Description |
|
Congressional statute establishing the federal civil service system. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1883
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John H. Durst |
| Title |
|
The Exclusion of the Chinese |
| Description |
|
Article on Chinese exclusion in the North American Review. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1884
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Dawes Act |
| Description |
|
|
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
February 08,1887
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| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Andrew Carnegie |
| Title |
|
Wealth |
| Description |
|
Andrew Carnegie's essay "Wealth." |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1889
|
| Type |
|
Essay |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Mrs. Z.A. Parker |
| Title |
|
The Ghost Dance |
| Description |
|
Account of the Ghost Dance on the Pine Ridge Reservation. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
June 20,1890
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Alfred T. Mahan |
| Title |
|
Alfred T. Mahan on Sea Power |
| Description |
|
Alfred T. Mahan on sea power. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1890
|
| Type |
|
Essay |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Wovoka's Message |
| Description |
|
Wovoka's message about the Ghost Dance to a Cheyenne-Arapaho delegation. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1891
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
James McLaughlin |
| Title |
|
An Account of Sitting Bull's Death |
| Description |
|
An account of Sitting Bull's death. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1891
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Chinese Exclusion Bill |
| Description |
|
Article on Chinese Exclusion Bill in the American Missionary. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1892
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Chinese Exclusion |
| Description |
|
Article on Chinese exclusion in the American Missionary. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1893
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Should the Chinese Be Excluded? |
| Description |
|
Article on Chinese exclusion in the North American Review. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1893
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Eugene Tyler Chamberlain |
| Title |
|
The Invasion of Hawaii |
| Description |
|
Hawaiian annexation. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1893
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John L. Stevens |
| Title |
|
A Plea for Annexation |
| Description |
|
Hawaiian annexation. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1893
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
William M. Springer |
| Title |
|
Our Present Duty |
| Description |
|
Hawaiian annexation. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1893
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Billings Brown |
| Title |
|
Plessy v. Ferguson |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court ruling on segregation of public accommodations. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1896
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Populist Party Platform |
| Description |
|
Platform of the Populist Party in 1896. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1896
|
| Type |
|
Party platform |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
J. Thomas Scharf |
| Title |
|
The Farce of the Chinese Exclusion Laws |
| Description |
|
Article on Chinese exclusion in the North American Review. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1898
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Hay |
| Title |
|
First Open Door Note |
| Description |
|
First Open Door Note. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
September 06,1899
|
| Type |
|
Diplomatic note |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Platt Amendment |
| Description |
|
Rules governing Cuban-U.S. relations that became part of the Cuban constitution. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1901
|
| Type |
|
Constitution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Ida Tarbell |
| Title |
|
The History of the Standard Oil Company |
| Description |
|
Tarbell's muckraking History of the Standard Oil Company. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1904
|
| Type |
|
Book |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Theodore Roosevelt |
| Title |
|
Theodore Roosevelt's Seventh Annual Message to Congress |
| Description |
|
On the conservation of natural resources. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
December 03,1907
|
| Type |
|
Presidential Message to Congress |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Declaration of the Conservation Conference of Governors |
| Description |
|
Governors' statement on the conservation of natural resources. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 15,1908
|
| Type |
|
Declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Woodrow Wilson |
| Title |
|
Woodrow Wilson's First Inaugural Address |
| Description |
|
President Woodrow Wilson's first inaugural address. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 04,1913
|
| Type |
|
Inaugural address |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Woodrow Wilson |
| Title |
|
Declaration of Neutrality |
| Description |
|
Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality in World War I. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
August 19,1914
|
| Type |
|
Presidential declaration |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Treatment of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire |
| Description |
|
The treatment of the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1915
|
| Type |
|
Reports |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Woodrow Wilson |
| Title |
|
Strict Accountability |
| Description |
|
Wilson's first warning to the Germans. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
February 10,1915
|
| Type |
|
Presidential message |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Woodrow Wilson |
| Title |
|
The First Lusitania Note |
| Description |
|
The first Lusitania Note. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 13,1915
|
| Type |
|
Presidential message |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Woodrow Wilson |
| Title |
|
Peace Without Victory |
| Description |
|
Wilson's Peace Without Victory speech. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1915
|
| Type |
|
Presidential speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Zimmermann Note |
| Description |
|
The Zimmerman Note to the German Ambassador to Mexico. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
January 19,1917
|
| Type |
|
Diplomatic message |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Woodrow Wilson |
| Title |
|
War Message |
| Description |
|
Wilson's War Message to Congress. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
April 02,1917
|
| Type |
|
Presidential message |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
William Cody |
| Title |
|
The Life and Adventures of "Buffalo Bill" |
| Description |
|
The first edition of Buffalo Bill Cody's autobiography. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1917
|
| Type |
|
Autobiography |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Woodrow Wilson |
| Title |
|
Fourteen Points |
| Description |
|
Wilson's Fourteen Points. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
January 08,1918
|
| Type |
|
Presidential address |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Espionage Act |
| Description |
|
The Espionage Act of 1918. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 16,1918
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Sedition Act |
| Description |
|
The Sedition Act of 1918. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 16,1918
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Robert Lansing |
| Title |
|
The Archangel Invasion |
| Description |
|
The intervention in Soviet Russia. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1918
|
| Type |
|
Essay |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Robert Lansing |
| Title |
|
U.S. Participation in the Archangel Expedition |
| Description |
|
The U.S. withdraws from Soviet Russia |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
July 17,1918
|
| Type |
|
Diplomatic letter |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Senate Debate on the League of Nations |
| Description |
|
Senate debate on the League of Nations. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1919
|
| Type |
|
Senate debate |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
John Maynard Keynes |
| Title |
|
The Economic Consequences of the Peace |
| Description |
|
Keynes's book on the consequences of the Versailles Treaty. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1919
|
| Type |
|
Book |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Oliver Wendell Holmes |
| Title |
|
Schenck v. United States |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court decision on freedom of speech and press during wartime. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1919
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
League of Nations Treaty |
| Description |
|
The League of Nations Treaty. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1919
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
A. Mitchell Palmer |
| Title |
|
The Case Against the Reds |
| Description |
|
The Attorney General defends the Red Scare. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1920
|
| Type |
|
Magazine article |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Washington Treaty |
| Description |
|
The Washington Treaty reducing the size of the world's navies. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
February 06,1922
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Equal Rights Amendment |
| Description |
|
Proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1923
|
| Type |
|
Constitutional amendment |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Edward T. Sanford |
| Title |
|
Gitlow v. New York |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court decision on speech by political radicals. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1925
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Kellogg-Briand Pact |
| Description |
|
The Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1928
|
| Type |
|
Treaty |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Charles Evans Hughes |
| Title |
|
Near v. Minnesota |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court decision involving freedom of the press and prior restraint. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1931
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Neutrality Act of 1935 |
| Description |
|
The Neutrality Act of 1935. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
August 31,1935
|
| Type |
|
Congressional resolution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Neutrality Act of 1936 |
| Description |
|
The Neutrality Act of 1936. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
February 29,1936
|
| Type |
|
Congressional resolution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Charles Erskine Scott Wood |
| Title |
|
The Pursuit and Capture of Chief Joseph |
| Description |
|
Account of the pursuit and capture of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce in 1877. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1936
|
| Type |
|
Narrative |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
The Neutrality Act of 1937 |
| Description |
|
The Neutrality Act of 1937. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
May 01,1937
|
| Type |
|
Congressional resolution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Neville Chamberlain |
| Title |
|
Peace in Our Time |
| Description |
|
Speech in defense of the 1938 Munich agreement. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
October 03,1938
|
| Type |
|
Parliamentary speech |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Neutrality Act of 1939 |
| Description |
|
Neutrality Act of 1939. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1939
|
| Type |
|
Congressional resolution |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
James Clark McReynolds |
| Title |
|
United States v. Miller |
| Description |
|
Supreme Court decision dealing with the right to bear arms and gun control. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
1939
|
| Type |
|
Court decision |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Title |
|
Lend Lease Act |
| Description |
|
The Lend Lease Act of 1941. |
Year
of Publication and Date
(if known) |
|
March 11,1941
|
| Type |
|
Congressional statute |
| URL |
|
Web site |
|
| Author
|
|
Franklin Roosevelt |
| Title |
|
Four Freedoms speech |
| Description |
|
Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech |
Year
of Publication and Date
|
