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United States History - Primary Resources

The New Republic 1783-1800

Alien & Sedition Acts, 1798
America in Caricature 1755-1798
American Constitution - A Documentary Record
The Avalon Project at Yale
American Diplomacy 1778 to the Present: Treaties, Agreements and Correspondence
The Avalon Project at Yale
American State Papers, 1789-1838
The Annapolis Convention
The Articles of Confederation
Atlases - History Department at the United States Military Academy West Point
Digital History Center
The Bill of Rights
Birth of a Nation: First Federal Congress, 1789 - 1791- Establishing the Executive Departments
A Century of Lawmaking (Library of Congress)
U.S. Congressional Documents & Debates - An Invaluable Site for Primary Source Congressional Documents, Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, and Debates of Congress
Charters of Freedom/The National Archives
A Chronology of American History 1492 to Present
The Avalon Project at Yale
Clinton-Sullivan Campaign of 1779
National Park Service
Confederation Government Western Lands
Library of Congress
Congressional Debates - Annual of Congress 1789-1824
1st Congress - First Session of the 18th Congress, Register of Debates 1824-1837 (2nd Session of the 18th Congress - 25th Congress) Congressional Globe 1833 - 1873 (23rd Congress - 42nd Congress), Congressional Record 1873-present
The Constitution of the United States (1787)
Constitution of the United States, Analysis and Interpretation: 2002 Edition & Supplement
Government Publishing Office
David Rumsey Map Collection
Declaration of Independence - Library of Congress
Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789 - 1791
Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774 - 1789
The Federalist Papers
The Founders' Constitution, University of Chicago Pfress and the Liberty Fund
Founding Fathers
The Historical Records of Congress
Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784-1894)
Interactive Constitution, National Constitution Center
In the Beginning Was the Word: The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures
The Jay Treaty
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1610 to 1791
John Marshall
John Marshall Primary Sources
Judiciary Act of 1789
The Judiciary Act of 1789, Library of Congress
The Judiciary Act of 1789: Charter for U.S. Marshals and Deputies
Kentucky Resolution, 1799
The Madison Debates
Map of Exploration and Settlement of North America, 1675-1800
The Northwest and the Ordinances, 1783-1838
Northwest Ordinance
Northwest Ordinance; July 13, 1787
An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio
An Outline of American Government
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection Historical Maps of the United States
Presenting the Nation's Cultural Geography: 1790-1920
The Quasi War with France, 1791-1800
Religion and the New Republic and Religion and the State Governments
Religion in 18th-Century America
Library of Congress
Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, January 21, 1786
The Sedition Act of July 14, 1798
Spanish-American Diplomacy 1795-1898
Tales of the Early Republic including "Jacksonian Miscellanies" Archives
Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government: Quotations from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Papers
Library of Congress
Treaty of Alliance with France, 1778
Treaty of San Ildefonso - October 1, 1800
United States Constitution
Library of Congress
United States Foreign Policy Timeline