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Historic documents pertaining to freedom in America
America in
rebellion (Declaration of Independence)
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With this document, rebellious American colonists declared
their independence from the British government and announced plans to
create a new and free nation. (07/04/1776)
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/declar.html
Articles of Confederation
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The first governing document for the newly independent United
States.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/art
conf.htm
United States Constitution
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The text of the current governing document of the United
States of America, including all amendments.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/us
const.htm
Federalist papers
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Arguments penned by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James
Madison in favor of the adoption of the Constitution to replace the
Articles of Confederation. (1787-1789)
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/fe
deral/fed.htm
Anti-federalist papers
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Arguments against the proposed Constitution, arguing that it
provided for too centralized a government and contained the seeds of
tyranny.
(1787-1789)
http://www.constitution.org/afp/afp.htm
The war inevitable
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by Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech to the
1775 Virginia Convention. (03/23/1775)
http://www.webleyweb.com/klh/pathe
nry.html
Common Sense
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by Thomas Paine
Full text of the book that inspired the
Declaration of Independence and fueled the American revolution. (1776)
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-18
00/paine/CM/sensexx.htm
The Rights of Man
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by Thomas Paine
Paine's defense of individual liberty. As always, Paine is
quick to make valuable suggestions for proper government.
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-18
00/paine/ROM/rofmxx.htm
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
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The collected writings of the often-libertarian author of the
Declaration of Independence.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/
presiden/jeffpap.htm
Brief biography: John Locke (1632-1704)
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John Locke's influence on modern views of liberty is
profound, including providing much of the philosophical influence for the
American Revolution.
http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/0
0sep_oct/liberaltradition.html
Democracy in America
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by Alexis de Tocqueville
The full text of the classic 19th-century analysis by an
observant French aristocrat of the culture and people of the American
republic and the potential threat to liberty posed by too much democracy.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DE
TOC/toc_indx.html
Libertystory.net
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by Jim Powell
A companion site to Jim Powell's wonderful book, "The
Triumph of Liberty," this site stands on its own as probably the best
single introduction to the history of liberty online.
http://www.libertystory.net/
The Scandal of Our (Declaration of) Independence
by Rev. David W. Hall
According to Hall, "New evidence and recent studies suggest that the
Founding Fathers, both in the Declaration and through numerous other acts,
favored the separation of jurisdictions while not advocating the erection
of
a brutal iron curtain between faith and politics."
http://www.acton.org/research/com
ment/comment.html
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