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Hathi Trust
Search over 5 million digitized titles.
Making of America
10,000 books and 50,000 articles on American social history
Moonlit road
Tales of the American South

Charters of Freedom

Learn about these three founding documents of the United States from the National Archives. Read transcripts of the documents, view facsimiles, and learn the detailed history of each. You can even download your own copy.

Declaration of Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. -- Preamble
Constitution
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. -- Preamble

American Government & Documents

American Government & Presidential Documents

National Archives
Includes America's founding documents and is searchable by topic. This should be one of the first places you go when looking for primary documents on U.S. History.
America's Founding Documents
"These three documents, known collectively as the Charters of Freedom, have secured the rights of the American people for more than two and a quarter centuries and are considered instrumental to the founding and philosophy of the United States."
Library of Congress: Digital Collections
National Archives: DocsTeach
The online tool for teaching with documents from the National Archives - Includes activities that you can use as well as tools to create new activities.
U.S. Census Bureau
"The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. "

History: Open Access/OER

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