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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Native Americans and the American Revolution | |
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Southern Indians during the Seven Years' War | |
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Petition from the Paxton Boys, 1764 | |
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Logan's Lament, 1775 | |
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Congress Appeals to the Six Nations, July 13, 1775 | |
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Joseph Brant Speaks to Lord George Germain, March 14, 1776 | |
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Joseph Brant, 1786 | |
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A Missionary Speaks on Behalf of the Oneidas and Onondagas, 1777 | |
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Treaty with the Delawares, 1778 | |
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Chickasaw Chiefs Appeal to Congress, 1783 | |
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The Eve of War, 1811 | |
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Aftermath of the War of 1812 | |
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British North America in 1763 | |
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Bill of Rights, 1689 | |
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Benjamin Franklin, Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, 1751 | |
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Servants and Slaves in Virginia, 1722 | |
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Advertisements for Runaways, 1752, 1766 | |
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Albany Plan of Union, 1754 | |
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Join, or Die, 1754 | |
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Treaty of Paris, 1763 | |
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Governing a New World | |
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The Imperial Crisis | |
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The Stump Act. March 22, 1765 | |
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Virginia Resolves. May 29, 1765 | |
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The Stamp Act Congress Asserts American Rights and Grievances, October 19, 1765 | |
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The Death of Liberty, October 31, 1765 | |
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New York Stamp Act Riot | |
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Examination of Benjamin Franklin Before the House of Commons, 1766 | |
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Parliament Repeals the Stamp Act. March 18, 1766 | |
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Parliament Declares Its Authority, March 18, 1766 | |
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The Boston Massacre | |
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Paul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre | |
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First Continental Congress. Declaration of Rights and Grievances, October 14, 1774 | |
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New Hampshire Non-Importation Agreement, 1774 | |
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Revolution, 1775-1776 | |
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Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, March 23, 1775 | |
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord. April 19, 1775 | |
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Battle of Lexington, 1775 | |
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General Gage's Proclamation, June 12, 1775 | |
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Bunker's Hill or America's Head Dress, 1776 | |
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Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms. July 6, 1775 | |
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Olive Branch Petition. July 8, 1775 | |
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George 111 Proclaims the Americans in a State of Rebellion, August 23, 1775 | |
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Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 | |
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Jefferson's Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence | |
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Statue of George III Demolished, July 9, 1776 | |
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Winning Independence: The Wars of the American Revolution | |
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A British View of the Siege of Boston | |
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George Washington Reflects on His Appointment to Command the Continental Army | |
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Harassment of Loyalists in South Carolina | |
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Observations of a New Hampshire loyalist | |
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Congress Resolves to Protect Loyalists, June 18, 1776 | |
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Washington Reflects on the Challenges Facing the Continental Army | |
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Letters from a Rebel Prisoner | |
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William Russell to Benjamin Edes, July 1780 | |
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William Russell to Mary Richardson Russell, March 4, 1781 | |
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Treaty of Paris, 1783 | |
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A Loyalist Returns | |
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Samuel Curwen to William Pynchon, London, November 28, 1783 | |
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Samuel Curwen, Diary, September 25, 1784 | |
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African Americans in the Age of Revolution | |
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Virginia Revolutionaries Defend Slavery | |
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Lord Dunmore Promises Freedom to Virginia Slaves | |
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Thomas Jefferson on Slavery and African Americans | |
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Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence, July 1, 1776 | |
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Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781-1782 | |
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Benjamin Banneker to Thomas Jefferson, Baltimore County, August 19, 1791 | |
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Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Banneker, August 30, 1791 | |
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Massachusetts Slaves Petition for Freedom | |
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Rebel Soldiers | |
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Gradual Abolition in Pennsylvania | |
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Freedom Certificate, 1783 | |
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Pennsylvania Abolitionists Petition Congress, 1790 | |
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An Account of Toussaint L'Ouverture | |
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Revolution in Haiti | |
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Ben Woolfolk, Testimony in the Trial of Gabriel, October 6, 1800 | |
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Rebel's Statement from Gabriel's Conspiracy. September 25, 1804 | |
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The Confederation Era | |
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John Adams Calls for New Constitutions, 1775 | |
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Pennsylvania's New Constitution-A Critical View | |
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Massachusetts Voters Reject a Constitution | |
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Massachusetts Tries Again, 1780 | |
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The Articles of Confederation (1777) | |
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Alexander Hamilton Decries the Weakness of Congress | |
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Banknotes | |
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Shays's Rebellion | |
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The Shaysites Make Their Case | |
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Massachusetts Pursues a Contradictory Strategy in Response to the Rebels | |
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�A Little Rebellion Now and Then Is a Good Thing�: Jefferson Reacts to Shays's Rebellion | |
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Creating the Constitution | |
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Madison on the Flaws of the Articles of Confederation | |
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The Virginia Plan | |
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The New Jersey Plan | |
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Franklin Addresses the Constitutional Convention | |
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Federalist Number 10 | |
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Political Creed of Every Federalist | |
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Opposition to the Constitution in Pennsylvania | |
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The Grand Federal Edifice | |
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Bill of Rights, 1789 | |
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American Women in the Age of Revolution | |
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Deborah Franklin Describes the Stamp Act Riots | |
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Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, London, April 6, 1766 | |
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Deborah Franklin: Power of Attorney, October 14, 1768 | |
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Boston Women Boycott Tea, 1770 | |
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The Edenton Tea Party, 1774 | |
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Abigail Adams to John Adams | |
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The Sentiments of an American Woman, 1780 | |
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The Deposition of a Female Spy, 1781 | |
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Petition of Rachel Wells to the Continental Congress, 1786 | |
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Benjamin Rush, Thoughts upon Female Education, 1787 | |
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Diary of Hannah Callender, July 4, 1788 | |
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Extracts from the New Jersey Constitution, 1776, 1844 | |
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Declaration of Sentiments, 1848 | |
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The Federalist Era | |
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A Federalist Vision of Economic Development | |
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The Report on Public Credit | |
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The Report on Manufactures | |
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�Those Who Labor in the Earth�: Jefferson's Opposition to Manufacturing | |
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Opposition to Hamilton's Program | |
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The Whiskey Rebellion | |
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Washington's Farewell Address | |
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The Alien and Sedition Acts | |
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An Act Concerning Aliens, June 25, 1798 | |
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An Act Respecting Alien Enemies, July 6, 1798 | |
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An Act in Addition to the Act, Entitled �An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States� | |
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The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | |
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Virginia Resolutions, December 21, 1798 | |
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Kentucky Resolutions, December 3, 1799 | |
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An Empire of Liberty, 1801-1815 | |
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The Ordinance of 1784 | |
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Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801 | |
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Mad Tom in a Rage, 1801 | |
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Instructions to Lewis and Clark | |
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The Constitutional Implications of the Louisiana Purchase | |
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Thomas Jefferson, Third Annual Message to Congress, October 17, 1803 | |
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�Ograbme� Cartoon, c. 1808 | |
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A Boxing Match, or Another Bloody Nose for John Bull, 1813 | |
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Francis Scott Key, �Star-Spangled Banner� September 14, 1814 | |
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The Hartford Convention, 1814 | |
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The Battle of New Orleans | |
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Appendix | |
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The Declaration of Independence | |
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The Constitution of the United States | |
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The Bill of Rights | |
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Permissions and Sources | |
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Index | |