Important Documents in American History
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| Magna Carta | show 🗑
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| show | (1689) English agreement that guaranteed certain rights to all Englishmen; influenced the American Bill of Rights’ protections of individual rights.
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| show | (1620) Signed by many Pilgrims on their way to New World; they agreed to create a new government and follow its laws; helped establish the idea of self-government.
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| Common Sense | show 🗑
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| Declaration of Independence | show 🗑
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| Articles of Confederation | show 🗑
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| show | (written in 1787) Blueprint for the American government.
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| The Federalist Papers | show 🗑
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| Bill of Rights | show 🗑
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| George Washington’s Farewell Address | show 🗑
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| Monroe Doctrine | show 🗑
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| show | (1829) Written by John C. Calhoun; outlined the doctrine of nullification, which was a statement for state’s rights.
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| show | (1831-1865) Newspaper printed by William Lloyd Garrison; most influential antislavery periodical in U.S. history; it increased sectionalism between North and South.
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| Lincoln’s First Inaugural | show 🗑
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| show | (Jan. 1, 1863) Executive order give by Abraham Lincoln; it freed the slaves in the Confederacy.
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| show | (1863) Famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln; it said that the Union was worth fighting for at any cost.
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| show | (1865) Lincoln said Civil War was about slavery and that the Union was fighting to end slavery.
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