Important Documents in American History
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| show | (1215) English agreement that guaranteed certain rights to all Englishmen; influenced the American Bill of Rights’ protection of individual rights.
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| Mayflower Compact | show 🗑
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| Common Sense | show 🗑
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| show | (July 4, 1776) Written by Thomas Jefferson; announced the separation of the colonies from England.
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| show | (written in 1787) Blueprint for the American government.
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| show | (1787-1788) Series of essays about the nature of government by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay; written to help get the Constitution ratified.
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| show | (1796) Given at his retirement from public life; he urged America to always remain neutral toward other countries.
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| show | (1823) Presidential message that said that Europe should not interfere in the affairs of Latin America and the U.S. would not interfere with European affairs.
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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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| show | (1861) Lincoln said North would defend federal property in the South.
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