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• American History
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• History and Government

• The Statue of Liberty
	"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
• American History - from the colonial period until Modern Times
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• Outlines of American History
	'From Revolution to Reconstruction' comes from An Outline of American History. This is a publication of the United States Information Agency. Counterparts have also been published on Government, Geography, Economy and Literature.
• The Federalists Papers
• Prelude to Revolution
	1763 - The Proclamation of 1763, signed by King George III of England 1764 - The Sugar Act is passed by the English Parliament 1764 - The English Parliament passes a measure to reorganize the American customs 1764 - The Currency Act prohibits the colonists from issuing any legal tender paper money 1764 - In May, at a town meeting in Boston, James Otis raises the issue of taxation without representation 1765 - In March, the Stamp Act is passed by the English Parliament imposing the first direct tax 1765 - Also in March, the Quartering Act requires colonists to house British troops and supply them with food 1765 - In May, in Virginia, Patrick Henry presents seven Virginia Resolutions 1765 - In July, the Sons of Liberty, an underground organization opposed to the Stamp Act 1765 - August 26, a mob in Boston attacks the home of Thomas Hutchinson 1765 - In October, the Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York City 1765 - On November 1, most daily business and legal transactions in the colonies cease 1765 - In December, British General Thomas Gage... 1766 - In January, the New York assembly refuses to completely comply with Gen. Gage's request 1766 - In March, King George III signs a bill repealing the Stamp Act 1766 - On the same day it repealed the Stamp Act, the English Parliament passes the Declaratory Act 1766 - In April, news of the repeal of the Stamp Act... 1768 - In February, Samuel Adams of Massachusetts writes a Circular Letter 1768 - In April, England's Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Hillsborough.. 1768 - In May, a British warship armed with 50 cannons sails into Boston harbor 1768 - In July, the governor of Massachusetts dissolves the general court 1769 - In March, merchants in Philadelphia join the boycott of British trade goods 1769 - In July, in the territory of California, San Diego is founded by Franciscan Friar Juniper Serra 1770 - The population of the American colonies reaches 2,210,000 persons. 1770 - Violence erupts in January between members of the Sons of Liberty in New York and 40 British soldiers 1770 - March 5, The Boston Massacre occurs 1770 - In April, the Townshend Acts are repealed by the British 1770 - In October, trial begins for the British soldiers arrested after the Boston Massacre 1772 - In June, a British customs schooner, the Gaspee, runs aground off Rhode Island 1772 - In November, a Boston town meeting assembles, called by Sam Adams 1773 - In March, the Virginia House of Burgesses appoints an eleven member committee 1773 - May 10, the Tea Act takes effect 1773 - In October, colonists hold a mass meeting in Philadelphia in opposition to the tea tax 1773 - November 29/30, two mass meetings occur in Boston 1773 - December 16, About 8000 Bostonians gather to hear Sam Adams 1774 - In March, an angry English Parliament passes the first of a series of Coercive Acts 1774 - May 12, Bostonians at a town meeting call for a boycott of British imports 1774 - May 17-23, colonists in Providence, New York and Philadelphia begin calling for an intercolonial congress 1774 - May 20, The English Parliament enacts the next series of Coercive Acts 1774 - In June, a new version of the 1765 Quartering Act is enacted by the English Parliament 1774 - September 5 to October 26, the First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia 1775 - February 1, in Cambridge, Mass., a provincial congress is held 1775 - In April, Massachusetts Governor Gage is ordered to enforce the Coercive Acts Next Section - Conflict and Revolution 1775 to 1776
• The Declaration of Independence
	"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,..." "...it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new guards for their future security..."
• Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy Pre-1898
	Pre 1898 - Links to:
		The Mayflower Compact, 1620 John Winthrop, "City on a Hill," 1630 King Philip's War, 1675 King William's War, 1689 Queen Ann's War, 1702 Father Rasle's War, 1724 David A. Copeland, Fighting for a Continent: Newspaper Coverage of the English and French War For Control of North America, 1754-1760 The French and Indian Wars Baron de Dieskau to Count d'Argenson (letter), Written at: Camp of the English army at Lake St. Sacrement [Lake George], 14th September, 1755 The French and Indian War's Impact on America 1755, The French and Indian War The Indian Wars THE ROLE OF THE DUTCH IN THE IROQUOlS WARS by Peter Lowensteyn The Seven Years War Governor Glen, The Role of the Indians in the Rivalry Between France, Spain, and England, 1761 The Boston Tea Party Anonymous Account of the Boston Massacre "The War Inevitable," A speech by Patrick Henry, March 1775 The Battle of Lexington, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith, 10th Regiment of Foot, to Governor Gage, Boston, 22 April 1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill, Major-General Sir John Burgoyne to Lord Stanley, June 1775 The Battle of Bunker Hill, Lieutenant J. Waller, First Royal Marine Battalion, to His Brother, Camp of Charlestown Heights, 22 June 1775 Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 6, 1775 Common Sense by Thomas Paine, February 14, 1776 The Recruiting Service, Captain Alexander Graydon, 1776 The American Crisis by Thomas Paine Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 Army Life, Captain Georg Pausch, 8 September 1776 Histories of the Battle of Saratoga, 1777 Saratoga, Major-General Burgoyne to his nieces, Albany, 20 October 1777 Washington at Brandywine, Captain Ferguson, 70th Foot, September 1777 US-France : Treaty of Amity and Commerce February 6, 1778 Comments on Hessian Troops, Lieutenant W. Hale, Philadelphia, 23 March 1778 Monmouth Court House, Lieutenant Hale, Neversunk, 4 July 1778 Treaty with the Delawares, 1778 Washington's Headquarters, Francois Jean, Marquis de Chastellux, 1780 Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America, signed at Versailles July 16, 1782 Preliminary Articles of Peace, U.S. and Great Britain, 30 November 1782 Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities, signed at Versailles January 20, 1783 Contract between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America February 25, 1783 Proclamation Declaring the Cessation of Arms, U.S. and Great Britain, 1783 Jefferson's attitude towards the indigenous peoples Federalist Number 10 Federalist Number 51 The Federalist Papers, Numbers 1-85 The Paris Peace Treaty--A Complete List of Documents, Avalon Project, Yale University The Northwest Ordinance, 1787 American Civil Liberties Union, "A History of the Bill of Rights" Chickasaw Peace Treaty Feeler, 1782 Treaty with the Six Nations, 1784 Treaty with the Wyandot, 1785 Treaty with the Cherokee, 1785 Treaty with the Chocktaw, 1786 Treaty with the Chickasaw, 1786 Treaty with the Shawnee, 1786 The Barbary Treaties, 1786 Mr. Charles Pinckney's speech, in answer to Mr. Jay, secretary for foreign affairs, on the question of a treaty with Spain, delivered in Congress, August 16, 1786. US-France: Treaty of Alliance February 6, 1788 US-France: Act Separate and Secret February 6, 1788 1790, REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE by Edmund Burke Treaty with the Wyandot, 1789 Statutes of the United States Concerning Native Americans The Constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy Treaty with the Six Nations, 1789 Richard Price: The Discourse on the Love of Country, 1789 Journal of William Maclay, United States Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-1791, CHAPTER II. THE FIRST TARIFF DEBATE. Treaty with the Creeks, 1790 COPY OF A LETTER FROM BENJAMIN BANNEKER, &c. Maryland, Baltimore County, to the Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, August 19, 1791. Richard Battin, "Early America's Bloodiest Battle," 1791, The Battle at Fort Wayne Treaty with the Cherokee, 1791 The Proclamation of Neutrality, 1793 The Jay Treaty, 1794 Treaty with the Cherokee, 1794 Treaty with the Six Nations, 1794 "Mad Anthony" Wayne at Fallen Timbers, 1794, General Wayne's Decisive Victory In the Northwest Territory Ends the Young Nation's Crisis of Authority By Richard Battin Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794 The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794 Treaty with the Oneida, 1794 Treaty of Greenville Establishing Peace between the US Government and Native American Tribes, August 3, 1795 Anakapia: "Our Protector" of the Treaty of Greenville By Stewart Rafert Treaty of Peace and Amity with Algeria, 5 September 1795 Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation with Spain, and Associated Documents, October 1795 Washington's Farewell Address Internet Public Library, George Washington Inaugural Address, John Adams, March 1797 XYZ Affair John Adams, XYZ Affair, Philadelphia, PA, 1797-05-16 John Adams - Thoughts on Government Internet Public Library, John Adams Internet Public Library, Thomas Jefferson "Instances of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798 - 1993," by Ellen C. Collier, Specialist in U.S. Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division, Washington DC: Congressional Research Service -- Library of Congress -- October 7, 1993 The USS Constellation versus La Vengeance, United States Ship Constellation, at Sea, 3 February 1800 France: Convention of 1800 and Associated Documents, Avalon Project, Yale University Louisiana Purchase, 1803, Associated Documents Chickasaw Treaty, 1805 James Madison, First Inaugural Address, Saturday, March 4, 1809 Part of William Henry Harrison's account to the Secretary of War on the battle at Tippecanoe, 1811 Reed Beard, The Battle of Tippecanoe, 4th ed. Hammond Press, W. B. Conkey Company: Chicago, 1911 The first published account of Shabonee's eyewitness view of the Battle of Tippecanoe was in Me-Won-i Toe written by Solon Robinson in 1864 JUDGE ISAAC NAYLOR'S ACCOUNT of the Battle of Tippecanoe
	The War of 1812 - Links to:
		U.S. Declaration of War Against Great Britain, 1812 The War of 1812 The War of 1812-1814 Privateer in the War of 1812. Joseph Valpey Debates on American Neutrality in the War of 1812 Debates on the War of 1812 The Constitution And The Guerriere, New York Evening Post, 2 September 1812 Key Events & Causes: War of 1812 Letter of Marque carried by Captain Millin of the American privateer Prince of Neufchatel during the War of 1812. The War of 1812--A Complete List of Documents, Avalon Project, Yale University Capitulation Of Fort Detroit And Dependencies, Camp at Detroit, 16 August 1812 Fort Dearborn Massacre, Lieutenant Linai T. Helm, U.S. Army, 15 August 1812 The Fort Dearborn Massacre, Mrs. John Kinzie and Mrs. Linai Helm, August 1812 The Surrender Of Hull At Detroit, New York Evening Post, 31 August 1812 The Blame For Hull's Surrender, Different Newspaper Accounts The Fort Dearborn Massacre, Captain Heald to the Secretary of War, Pittsburg, 23 October 1812 The New England Threat of Secession, Columbian Centinel, 13 January 1813 James Madison, Second Inaugural Address, Thursday, March 4, 1813 Treaty of Ghent 1814 Newspaper Editorials on Peace After the War of 1812 The Battle of New Orleans, January 1815 The Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson to the Secretary of War, Camp, 4 miles below Orleans, 9 January 1815 New Orleans, New York Evening Post, 7 February 1815 US-British Convention of 1815--A Complete List of Documents, Avalon Project, Yale University Internet Public Library, James Madison Treaty with the Chickasaw, 1816 James Monroe, First Inaugural Address, Tuesday, March 4, 1817 Exchange of Notes Relative to Naval Forces on the American Lakes, Avalon Project, Yale University Exchange of Notes Relative to Naval Forces on the American Lakes, signed at Washington April 28 and 29, 1817. Originals in English. US-British Convention of 1818, Avalon Project, Yale University "Secret" Journal on Negotiations of the Chickasaw Treaty of 1818 Treaty with the Chickasaw, 1818 James Monroe, Second Inaugural Address, Monday, March 5, 1821 John Quincy Adams's Warning Against Searching for "Monsters to Destroy," 1821 British Foreign Secretary George Canning's Overture for a Joint Declaration with the United States on the Spanish Colonies in America, 1823 John Quincy Adams's Account of the Cabinet Meeting of November 7, 1823 The Monroe Doctrine, 1823 Internet Public Library, James Monroe John Quincy Adams, Inaugural Address, Friday, March 4, 1825 Internet Public Library, John Quincy Adams Refusal of the Chickasaws and Choctaws to Cede Their Lands in Mississippi, 1826 Treaty with the Potawatami, 1828 Andrew Jackson, First Inaugural Address, Wednesday, March 4, 1829 Geronimo, His Own Story Treaty with the Chickasaw, 1830, Unratified Removal of the Cherokees to Oklahoma The Removal Act, May 28, 1830 President Andrew Jackson's Case for the Removal Act, First Annual Message to Congress, 8 December 1830 Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia, 1831 Black Hawk's Surrender Speech, 1832 Treaty with the Potawatami, 1832 Andrew Jackson, Second Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1833 Internet Public Library, Andrew Jackson The Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington on the 2nd day of March 1836 Stephen Austin, Address Delivered at Louisville, 7 March 1836 Seminole Wars, First Lieutenant George A. McCall, 4th US Infantry, Camp on the Sabine River, 1 May 1836 Treaty of Velasco, 14 May 1836 Martin Van Buren, Inaugural Address, 1837 Internet Public Library, Martin Van Buren Accounts of the "Cherokee Trail of Tears"With reference to "Princess Otahki" From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday, January 18, 1970, By Elizabeth Mulligan The Trail of Tears Private John G. Burnett, Captain Abraham McClellan's Company, 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Mounted Infantry, Cherokee Indian Removal, 1838-39. The Trail of Tears John O'Sullivan, "Manifest Destiny," 1839 Manifest Destiny: How the Rest was Won Ken Burns and Steven Ives: The West, a PBS Special Manifest Destiny: American Expansion in the West William Henry Harrison, Inaugural Address, Thursday, March 4, 1841 The Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842 and Associated Documents, Avalon Project, Yale University Internet Public Library, William Henry Harrison Internet Public Library, John Tyler Edward P. Crapol, "John Tyler and the Pursuit of National Destiny," Journal of the Early American Republic, Vol. 17, no.3 (October 1997) A Treaty of Annexation, concluded between the United States of America and the Republic of Texas, 12 April 1844 Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States for the Annexation of Texas, March 1,1845 James Knox Polk, Inaugural Address, Tuesday, March 4, 1845 THE ACQUISITION OF CALIFORNIA (Excerpted) By Thomas H. Benton Jos� Joaquin de Herrera, acting President of the Republic of Mexico. A proclamation denouncing the United States' intention to annex Texas, 4 June 1845. United States Congress. Joint Resolution offering terms of annexation to the Republic of Texas, 1 March 1845 Gen. Francisco Mejia, at Matamoros. A Proclamation, 28 March 1846 James K. Polk, President of the United States at Washington, D.C., to the Congress of the United States. A special message calling for a declaration of war against Mexico, Washington, May 11, 1846. Anson Jones, President of the Republic of Texas, at Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to James K. Polk, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Letter communicating Texas' approval of U.S. terms of annexation, Washington, on the Brazos, July 12, 1845 United States Congress. Joint Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union, [No. 1.] - Joint Resolution for the Admission of the State of Texas into the Union. 29 December 1845 Captain William J. Hardee, at Matamoros, Mexico, to Brigadier-General Zachary Taylor, at camp opposite Matamoros. Dispatch communicating particulars of "Thornton Skirmish." Matamoras, Mexico, April 26, 1846. Captain Edgar S. Hawkins, at Fort Taylor (a.k.a. Fort Texas), to W. W. S. Bliss, Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of Occupation, Texas. Dispatch communicating Hawkins' official report of the siege of the fortifications opposite Matamoros. Headquarters, Fort Taylor, Texas, May 10, 1846. Brigadier-General Zachary Taylor, at camp near Matamoras, to Roger Jones, Adjutant-General of the Army at Washington, D.C. Taylor's official report of the Battle of Palo Alto. Headquarters Army of Occupation, Camp near Matamoras, May 16, 1846 Brigadier-General Zachary Taylor, at camp near Fort Brown, Texas, to Roger Jones, Adjutant-General of the Army at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating Taylor's official Report of the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. Headquarters, Army of Occupation, Camp near Fort Brown, Texas, May 17, 1846. US-British Treaty on Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains, 15 June 1846 PBS Timeline of the US-Mexican War PBS Site on the US-Mexican War Polk's War Message, 1846 The U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-48 The Wilmot Proviso, 1846 Commodore John D. Sloat, at Monterey, California. A proclamation. TO THE INHABITANTS OF CALIFORNIA, 7 July 1846 The Battle of Palo Alto, Lieutenant J.M. Scarritt, 1846 Camp Life, Lieutenant Daniel Harvey Hill, Fourth Artillery, 1846 Battle of Monterrey, Captain William S. Henry, 23 September 1846 Major-General Zachary Taylor, at Monterey, Mexico, to Roger Jones, Adjutant-General of the Army, at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating the capitulation of the Mexican forces at Monterey. Head-Quarters, Army of Occupation, Camp before Monterey, September 25, 1846. Aztec Club of 1847, Army of Occupation The Battle of Buena Vista, Sergeant Benjamin Franklin Scribner, Indiana Volunteers, 21 February 1847 Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan, at Chihuahua, Mexico, to Roger Jones, Adjutant-General of the Army, at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating Doniphan's official report of the Battle of Sacramento. Headquarters of the Army in Chihuahua, City of Chihuahua, March 4, 1847 Major-General Zachary Taylor, at Agua Nueva, Mexico, to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating Taylor's official report of the Battle of Buena Vista. Headquarters, Army of Occupation, Agua Nueva, March 6th, 1847. Major-General Winfield Scott, at Vera Cruz, Mexico, to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating the capitulation of Vera Cruz. Head-Quarters of the Army, Vera Cruz, March 29, 1847. The Battle of Cerro Gordo, George B. McClellan, USA, 16 April 1847 The Battle of Cerro Gordo, Ram�n Alacaraz, Mexican Army, April 1847 Major-General Winfield Scott, at Plan del Rio, Mexico, to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating Scott's official report of the Battle of Cerro Gordo. Headquarters of the Army, Plan del Rio, 50 miles from Vera Cruz, April 19, 1847 US Army Regulars in Camp, Major Luther Giddings, First Ohio Volunteers, 1847 Major-General Winfield Scott, near Mexico City, to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating Scott's official report of the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco. Headquarters of the army, Tacubaya, at the gates of Mexico, August 28, 1847 Major-General Winfield Scott, near Mexico City, to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating Scott's official report of the Battle of Molino del Rey. Headquarters of the army, Tacubaya, near Mexico, September 11, 1847 Major-General Winfield Scott, at Mexico City, to William L. Marcy, Secretary of War, at Washington, D.C. Dispatch communicating Scott's report of the battles for, and occupation of, Mexico City. Head-Quarters of the Army, National Palace of Mexico, Sept. 18, 1847. Bibliography on the War with Mexico The Battle of San Pasqual The Mexican-American War Memorial Home Page, Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico The Irish Soldiers of Mexico (an excerpt) Fondo Editorial Universitario, Mexico, DF. (1996), Michael Hogan Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Internet Public Library, James Knox Polk Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 The Acquisition of Texas, from Robert J. Shafer and Donald J. Mabry, NEIGHBORS--MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES: WETBACKS AND OIL. (Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1981), 28-31. MEXICO--U.S. INTERVENTIONS--1806-1876, From "Instances of the Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-1945," Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services, 87th Congress, 2nd Session, Mon., Sept. 17, 1962. Zachary Taylor, Inaugural Address, Monday, March 5, 1849 Internet Public Library, Zachary Taylor Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Internet Public Library, Millard Fillmore Franklin Pierce, Inaugural Address, Friday, March 4, 1853 Gadsden Purchase Treaty, 30 December 1853 Internet Public Library, Franklin Pierce Indian Fight in Texas, The New-Orleans Picayune, October 1854 James Buchanan, Inaugural Address, Wednesday, March 4, 1857 Iternet Public Library, James Buchanan Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Monday, March 4, 1861 Treaty Between the US and Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, 7 April 1862 McClellan to Lincoln on the Penninsular Campaign, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp near Harrison's Landing, Va., 7 July 1862 Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United States and the Ottoman Empire. Concluded at Constantinople, February 25, 1862. Ratifications exchanged at Constantinople, June 5,1862. Proclaimed by the President of the United States July 22, 1862 The CSS Alabama, 22 October 1862 The Sand Creek Massacre. 29 November 1864 Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Saturday, March 4, 1865 Internet Public Library, Abraham Lincoln Internet Public Library, Andrew Johnson Treaty with Russia, 1867 Fort Laramie Treaty, 1868 REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT BY THE INDIAN PEACE COMMISSION, JANUARY 7, 1868. Ulysses S. Grant, First Inaugural Address, Thursday, March 4, 1869 Ulysses S. Grant, Second Inaugural Address, Tuesday, March 4, 1873 Internet Public Library, Ulysses S. Grant Harper's on The Custer Massacre, 5 August 1876 Little Big Horn, New York Times, 1876 Report on the Battle of Little Big Horn, Major M.A. Reno, Camp on the Yellowstone River, 5 July 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes, Inaugural Address, Monday, March 5, 1877 Internet Public Library, Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield, Inaugural Address, Friday, March 4, 1881 Internet Public Library, James A. 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