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Sites with Information about Famous Historical Documents

America's Historical Documents: Images and Historical background America's Freedom Documents: The Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and The Bill of Rights: Historical information as well as images of each document The Charters of Freedom Exhibit: Facts about the Making of the Charters: The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and The Impacts of the Charters How Stuff Works: The Declaration of Independence: Complete Historical background; Video about document preservation How Stuff Works: Confederate States of American and the Constitution: Historical Background about: The Confederate States of America, the Constitution and Government, Foreign Relations, and Economy Life In the Confederacy How Stuff Works: The Gettysburg Address: Introduction to the Gettysburg Address, The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's Inspiration, Gettysburg Images and MORE National Archives Exhibits: The Charters of Freedom: Making of the Charters; The Declaration; The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, Impact of the Charters- an EXCELLENT resource with graphic images of the charters and historical background and links to excellent resources about each of the charters.

Historical Documents of the United States A Chronology of US Historical Documents with links to text of the actual document Liberty Online: Historical People and their words, historical documents, historical geography, battle maps, links to other map sites Primary Documents in American History: Links to sites which contain historical information about: The Declaration of Independence, The U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Federalist Papers, Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, Charters of Freedom from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Source Documents in U.S. History: Documents listed by decade and period of history; complete historical background about each document 100 Milestone Documents: These documents chronicle United States History from 1776 to 1965; View the documents, and learn the historical background about each

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History of America's Important PrimaryDocuments	Emancipation Proclamation
Articles of Confederation	A History of the Emancipation Proclamation
Early America: Articles of Confederation	Emancipation Proclamation History
History of the Articles of Confederation	The Gettysburg Address
Bill of Rights	History of the Gettysburg Address
A History of the Bill of Rights	The Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation
The Bill of Rights: Its History and Significance	The Magna Carta
The United States Constitution	National Archives: The Magna Carta
A History of the United States Constitution	Magna Carta - from Wikipedia
Declaration of Independence	The Mayflower Compact
History Channel: The Declaration of Independence	All About History: The Mayflower Compact
History.org: The Declaration of Independence	The Mayflower Compact - from Wikipedia

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American History Museum

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Search Engine: Discover history through objects, photographs, interactive timelines: Complete archived collections - excellent!

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History Search Engine

HistoryBuff: Search for resources and information about historical events, people, and places

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The History Channel

The History Channel: Each month the History Channel takes new explorations into the past and puts them on display for you, utilizing state-of-the-art interactive technology; listen to speeches drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the Twentieth Century. The History Channel Time Machine brings you to a different speech every day; trivia quiz; fact of the day; games

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U.S. History Images

U.S. History Images: What better way to learn about and appreciate the history of the United States than through viewing the illustrations of artists from the last century and a half! The images are all in the public domain and are free for anyone to use in any way after viewing the Terms of Use. This website is a work in progress and new images are always being added. Present topics for images include: Life in the Colonies, Colonial Patriots, Native Americans, Native American Culture, The Age of Exploration, and Explorers

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Educational American History Powerpoints

Educational American History Videos

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Reference Sites to Help in Your Research

American Memory Learning Page of the Library of Congress: Historical collections of photographs, documents, motion pictures, and sound recordings about American culture and history - SEARCHABLE by keyword

The Biographic Dictionary: Covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day- SEARCHABLE by keyword

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE

Who2: Find famous people biographies fast! This site also lists links to more information about each person. - SEARCHABLE by keyword