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Magna Carta
Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh : 1584
The First Charter of Virginia; April 10, 1606
The Second Charter of Virginia; May 23. 1609
The Third Charter of Virginia; March 12, 1611
Mayflower Compact 1620 Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth : 1620
The Charter of Maryland : 1632
 
A Declaration and Proposals of the Lord Proprietor of Carolina, Aug. 25-Sept. 4, 1663
Charter of Carolina -March 24, 1663
Charter of Carolina -June 30, 1665

Concessions and Agreements of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, 1665
The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina : March 1, 1669
His Royal Highness's Grant to the Lords Proprietors, Sir George Carteret, 29th July, 1674
Duke of York's Second Grant to William Penn, Gawn Lawry, Nicholas Lucas, John Eldridge, Edmund Warner, and Edward Byllynge, for the Soil and Government of West New Jersey-August 6, 1680 
Concessions to the Province of Pennsylvania -July 11, 1681
Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania-1681
Penn's Charter of Libertie - April 25, 1682 
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania May 5, 1682
 
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania February 2, 1683
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania 1696
Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, esq. to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories, October 28, 1701
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress, October 1774
The Declaration of Rights
The Charlotte Town Resolves, 1775
The Mecklenburgh Resolutions : May 20, 1775 
A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of  North-America, Now Met in Congress at Philadelphia, Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking Up Arms
Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. 
Resolution of Secrecy Adopted by the Continental Congress,November 9, 1775
Preamble and Resolution of the Virginia Convention, May 15, 1776
Declaration of Independence 1776
Constitution of Pennsylvania - September 28, 1776 
 Constitution of Maryland - November 11, 1776 
Constitution of North Carolina : December 18, 1776 
The Articles of Confederation 1777
Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America, signed at Versailles July 16, 1782.
 
Treaty With the Cherokee : 1785
Speech of Benjamin Franklin September 17, 1787 
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
James Madison's Introduction of the Bill of Rights
Treaty With the Six Nations : 1784.
Treaty With the Wyandot, etc. : 1785
Treaty With the Chickasaw, January 10, 1786

Treaty With the  Chocktaw : 1786
Treaty With the Six Nations : 1789
Treaty With the Wyandot, etc. : 1789
United States Constitution 1791
Treaty With the Cherokee : 1791
The Whiskey Rebellion 1794
Jefferson's Wall of Separation Letter 1802
Louisiana Purchase Treaty; April 30, 1803
An Act Declaring War Between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Dependencies Thereof and the United States of America and Their Territories 1812
Treaty of Ghent 1814
Monroe Doctrine; December 2, 1823
The Fugitive Slave Act, The Compromise of 1850
Treaty With the Apache, July 1, 1852

Treaty With the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache; July 27, 1853

An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas 1854
 
Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union 1860
The Emancipation Proclamation 22 September 1862
The Gettysburg Address Nov 1863
Treaty With the Cheyenne and Arapaho; October 14, 1865
Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Spain December 10, 1898
  PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN'S ADDRESS BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, MARCH 12, 1947

 
 
 

 
 
 
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