FREEDOM DOCUMENTS
CONTENTS
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT
THE FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS of 1639
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PRAYER FOR SALVATION
SAMUEL ADAMS
(The Rights of the Colonists and a List of Violations of Rights)
PATRICK HENRY (Liberty or Death Speech - The complete text)
FROM JOHN ADAMS TO ABIGAIL ADAMS (On General Washington)
FROM ABIGAIL ADAMS TO JOHN ADAMS (On News of the War)
FROM JOHN ADAMS TO ABIGAIL ADAMS (On The Declaration of Independence)
DECLARATION OF THE CAUSES AND NECESSITY OF TAKING UP ARMS
THE VIRGINIA BILL OF RIGHTS
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THOMAS PAINE (The Times That Try Men's Souls)
WASHINGTON BY THE DELAWARE (Poem)
THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
DECLARATION AND RESOLVES OF THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
THE PARIS PEACE TREATY
THOMAS JEFFERSON ON SLAVERY (from Notes on Virginia)
THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE of 1787
BEN FRANKLIN'S CALL TO PRAYER
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS
JOHN ADAMS' INAUGURAL ADDRESS
THOMAS JEFFERSON'S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER (The National Anthem)
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
AMERICA
FROM COLONEL WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS (To the People of Texas - At the Alamo)
TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THE DEFENSE OF THE ALAMO (Poem)
CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF VIGILANTES OF SAN FRANCISCO
CONCORD HYMN
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
PAUL REVERE'S RIDE (Poem)
ABRAHAM LINCOLN - GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS
LETTERS FROM GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
. . . To His Wife Regarding Victory at Fredericksburg
. . . To Stonewall Jackson after He was Wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville
. . . To the Army of Northern Virginia Regarding a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer
. . . To the Army Concerning the Death of General Stuart
. . . Farewell Letter to the Army
MARK TWAIN (The American Press)
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW NATIONALISM
THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Going to Church)
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG (From the Congressional Record)
RONALD REAGAN
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
YOU AND I ARE AMERICA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS