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| Introduction | |
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| Charter of Virginia, 1606 | |
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| Mayflower Compact, 1620 | |
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639 | |
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| A Plea for Religious Liberty | |
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| Maryland Toleration Act, 1649 | |
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| Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1663 | |
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| Preface to the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania | |
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| Frame of Government of Pennsylvania, 1682 | |
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| Charter of Liberties | |
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| The Selling of Joseph | |
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| Liberty of the Press | |
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| Plan of Union | |
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| Petition of the Virginia House of Burgesses to the House of Commons, 1764 | |
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| Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania, III | |
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| Rules by Which a Great Empire may be Reduced to a Small One | |
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| Against Slavery | |
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| Declaration of American Rights, Continental Congress, 1774 | |
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| Articles of Association, Continental Congress, 1774 | |
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| Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death | |
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| Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, Continental Congress, 1775 | |
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| The Olive Branch Petition, Continental Congress, 1775 | |
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| Common Sense | |
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| Remember the Ladies | |
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| Resolution for the Declaration of Independence | |
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| Virginia Declaration of Rights | |
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| Declaration of Independence | |
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| The Crisis | |
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| Constitution of Vermont, 1777 | |
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| Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, Continental Congress, 1777 | |
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| Massachusetts Bill of Rights, 1780 | |
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| Act for the Gradual Emancipation of Slavery, Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1780 | |
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| Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessment | |
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| Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom | |
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| Constitution of the United States, 1787 | |
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| Letters from the Federal FarmerII | |
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| The Federalist,No. 10 | |
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| The Federalist,No. 51 | |
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| The Federalist,No. 84 | |
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| Farewell Address | |
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| The Kentucky Resolutions, Kentucky General Assembly, 1799 | |
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| First Inaugural Address | |
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| Letter to Danbury Baptist Association | |
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| Speech at the Bunker Hill Monument | |
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| Declaration of Sentiments, American Anti-Salvery Society, 1833 | |
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| Rights | |
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| Texas Declaration of Independence | |
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| Declaration of Sentiments Senec<$$$> | |