- Constitution of the United States@
dir.yahoo.com/.../United_States/Constitution_of_the_United_States
- Declaration of Independence (14)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Documents/Declaration_of_Independence
- Articles of Confederation (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Documents/Articles_of_Confederation
- Emancipation Proclamation@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Lincoln__Abraham__1809_1865_/Emancipation_Proclamation
- Documents for American Legal History
Includes government before the U.S. constitution, early Federal practice, the Marshall Court, the Taney Court, and the 14th Amendment.
vi.uh.edu/pages/alh.html
- Compromise of 1850@
Explore the Compromise of 1850, aka the Pearce Act, a series of U.S. Congressional legislative actions to regulate the spread of slavery in the territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. Sites offer background information, graphic illustrations, historical speeches, and related documents about the legal measures which were anti-slavery milestones in the U.S. history.
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Compromise_of_1850
- Alien and Sedition Act of 1798@
dir.yahoo.com/.../18th_Century/Alien_and_Sedition_Act_of_1798
- Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854@
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Kansas_Nebraska_Act_1854
- Missouri Compromise@
dir.yahoo.com/.../19th_Century/Missouri_Compromise
- The Jay Treaty of 1794@
dir.yahoo.com/.../18th_Century/Jay_Treaty_of_1794
- American Memory: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
Features the text of documents, journals, and debates of the Continental and Federal Congress from 1774 to 1875.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw
- Warren Report@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Documents/Warren_Report
- Treaty of Ghent of 1814@
dir.yahoo.com/.../War_of_1812/Treaty_of_Ghent
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