HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

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• MAGNA CARTA(1297)
• MAYFLOWER COMPACT(1620)
• DECLARATION AND RESOLVES OF THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS(1774)
• GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH(1775)
• COMMON SENSE(1776)
• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE(1776)
• FEDERALIST PAPERS(1786)
• UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION(1787)
• FRENCH DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND OF THE CITIZEN(1789)
• BILL OF RIGHTS(1791)
• THE AMMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES(1791-1971)
• THE PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY (1793)
• WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS (1796)
• THOMAS JEFFERSON'S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS(1801)
• THE MONROE DOCTRINE(1823)
• THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION(1862)
• THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS(1863)
• MY ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY(1881)
• BURMA SHAVE SIGNS(30s)
• GERMAN SURRENDER(1945)
• JAPENESE SURRENDER(1945)
• ALL OTHERS

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