Primary Sources

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US Primary Sources Document

Declaration of Independence (1776)

Articles of Confederation (1777)

Treaty of Alliance with France (1778)

Original Design of the Great Seal of the United States (1782)

Treaty of Paris (1783)

Virginia Plan (1787)

Northwest Ordinance (1787)

Constitution of the United States (1787)

Federalist Papers, No. 10 & No. 51 (1787-1788)

The Federalist Papers

Collection of The Anti_Federalist_Papers

President George Washington's First Inaugural Speech (1789)

Federal Judiciary Act (1789)

Bill of Rights (1791)

President George Washington's Farewell Address (1796)