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- Primary Source Documents -
Date Event Articles
1764 - 1769 The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. I
1764 James Otis: "The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved" The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved
1770 - 1773 The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. II
1773 - 1777 The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. III
October 14, 1774 First Continental Congress: "Declaration and Resolves" Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
1775 Daniel Boone and the Founding of Kentucky Hero Tales From American History
May 10, 1775 Second Continental Congress
July 6, 1775 Declaration of Arms Declaration of Arms
1776 - 1785 The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: Paris
January 9, 1776 Thomas Paine: Common Sense Common Sense
June 12, 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights
July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence
October 29, 1777 John Hancock resigns as president
November 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted by Congress
1778 - 1802 The Writings of Samuel Adams, Vol. IV
February 6, 1778 Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and the United States
October 25, 1780 Samuel Cooper: A Sermon on the Day of the Commencement of the Constitution
March 1, 1781 Articles of Confederation ratified
June 16, 1782 Contract Between France and the United States
November 30, 1782 Peace treaty drafted in Paris
February 25, 1783 Contract Between France and the United States
September 3, 1783 The Treaty of Paris signed
December 23, 1783 General Washington resigns Hero Tales From American History
January 14, 1784 The Treaty of Paris ratified by Congress
1785 - 1790 The Writings of Benjamin Franklin: Philadelphia
May 8, 1785 The Land Ordinance of 1785
1786 Shay's Rebellion
September 14, 1786 The Annapolis Convention
May 25, 1787 The Constitutional Convention
July 13, 1787 The Northwest Ordinance
September 17, 1787 United States Constitution signed by Congres
October 27, 1787 The first of the Federalist Papers The Federalist Papers
February 27, 1788 Slave trade outlawed in Massachussets
April 6, 1789 George Washington elected President
April 30, 1789 George Washington's First Inaugural Address George Washington's First Inaugural Address
July 20, 1789 The Tonnage Act of 1789
September 22, 1789 The Federal Judiciary Act
November 26, 1789 Thanksgiving Day established
January 8, 1790 George Washington's First State of the Union Address
March 1, 1790 The Census Act of 1790
April 17, 1790 Death of Benjamin Franklin
December 8, 1790 George Washington's Second State of the Union Address
October 25, 1791 George Washington's Third State of the Union Address
December, 1791 Bill of Rights ratified
November 6, 1792 George Washington's Fourth State of the Union Address
March 4, 1793 George Washington's Second Inaugural Address George Washington's Second Inaugural Address
December 3, 1793 George Washington's Fifth State of the Union Address
November 19, 1794 George Washington's Sixth State of the Union Address
November 19, 1794 Treaty between Britain and the United States
February 27, 1795 Death of Francis Marion A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion
December 12, 1795 George Washington's Seventh State of the Union Address
September 17, 1796 Washington's Farewell Address
December 7, 1796 George Washington's Eighth State of the Union Address
March 4, 1797 John Adam's Inaugural Address John Adam's Inaugural Address
March 4, 1801 Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address
February 16, 1804 The Burning of the Philadelphia Hero Tales From American History
March 4, 1805 Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address
March 4, 1809 James Madison's First Inaugural Address James Madison's First Inaugural Address
- Histories -
1835 Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy in America Democracy in America, Volume I
1896 Paul Leicester Ford: The True George Washington
1899 Andrew C. McLaughlin: A History of the American Nation
1905 W. Bennett Munro: Canada and British North America
1920 George M. Wrong: George Washington and His Comrades in Arms George Washington and His Comrades in Arms
1921 Allen Johnson: Jefferson and His Colleagues
1921 Max Farrand: The Fathers of the Constitution
1983 U.S. Population Statistics: 1670 - 1991
Diary of the American Revolution, Vol. I