Articles of Confederation The first constitution of the United States. The Articles of confederation would be replaced by the present U.S. constitution in 1789, because of the lack of governmental powers. http: //yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/artconf.htm
Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents Library of Congress exhibit featuring documentary evidence of the people and events leading to the Declaration of Independence, including the only fragment of the earliest draft of the Declaration. http: //lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.htm...
Diary of a Surgeon at Valley Forge Excerpts from the diary of Albigence Waldo, surgeon at Valley Forge, 1777. http: //odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/war/waldo....
Spy Letters of the American Revolution From the very beginning of the war, a complex network of spies, double agents, and traitors began to emerge in an effort to learn the plans of the enemy before they were enacted. The preservation and availability of the Sir Henry Clinton collection at theClements Library provides an amazingly complete look at the everyday intelligence operations of both the Britishand American armies. Many of the letters highlighted in this digital exhibit were pivotal to the success and failures of sieges, battles, and surprise attacks. http: //si.umich.edu/spies/
Spy Letters of the American Revolution Revolutionary War spy letters from the Sir Henry Clinton Collection at the Clements Library at the University of Michigan. Provides images and transcriptions of original sources in an interpretive, educational framework. http: //clements.umich.edu/spies/index.html
Stamps required by Stamp Act, 1765 Images of actual stamps required by the 1765 Stamp Act. From Georgia Southern University. http: //www2.gasou.edu/special_collections/artifact...
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