Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in […]
Virginia Declaration of Rights and Constitution
W. W. Hening, Statutes at Large (Richmond: George Cochran, 1823 [IX: 109-119] Declaration of Rights A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the representatives of the good people of Virginia, assembled […]
Thanksgiving Proclamation (1789)
“Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/de5j. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be […]
Draft of the Declaration of Independence
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by H. A. Washington (New York: John C. Riker, 1853). https://teachingamericanhistory.org/um5o. Congress proceeded the same day to consider the Declaration of Independence, which had […]
Declaration of Independence
Source: The Declaration of Independence, America’s Founding Documents exhibit, The National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the […]