Toward Independence

Colonial America

Colonial Charters

Sermons and Speeches

Pamphlets and Treatises

Benjamin Franklin, On the Freedom of the Press, 1737

Continental Congress

First and Second Congress

The Northwest Ordinances (1784; 1785; 1787)

1787 ordinance passed by the Confederation Congress to govern the territories and admit new states to the Union

Achieving Independence

Debates within and without the Colonies

The Revolutionary War

From Confederation to Constitutional Convention

George Washington, Circular Letter to the States, 1783

Resolution of Congress (February 21, 1787)

John Adam's Thoughts on Government

Debates Within and Without the Colonies

Wilkes, On Coercive Measures in America

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