Sources on the Web

American History artwork

Online Library of Liberty - Works of the founding fathers, including the Federalist Papers, Political Sermons, and more

The Avalon Project at Yale - Many primary sources, including the Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Articles of Confederation and so on all listed chronologically.

The Declaration of Independence - text and images

The US Constitution - text and images

The Bill of Rights - text and images

Account of a Declaration - from the Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson

American History Stories - for ages 8-12, written in 1908

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - speech by Patrick Henry

Communist Manifesto - 1847