Independence and the Early State (1765-1789)
Resolutions of the Stamp Act
October 19, 1765
Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770
Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
October 14, 1774
Articles of Association
October 20, 1774
Yankee Doodle
1775
Patrick Henry: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
March 23, 1775
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Richard Henry Lee: The Lee Resolution
June 7, 1776
Virginia Declaration of Rights
June 12, 1776
George Washington: General Orders
July 2, 1776
Samuel Adams Advocates American Independence
August 1, 1776
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Treaty of Paris
1783
Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities
January 20, 1783
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Proclamation Declaring the Cessation of Arms
April 11, 1783
Memorial and Remonstrance
June 20, 1785
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The Annapolis Convention
Sept. 14, 1786
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Benjamin Franklin: Closing Speech at the Constitutional Convention
September 17, 1787
Letter from the Federal Convention President to the President of Congress, Transmitting the Constitution
September 17, 1787
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