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America's Historical Documents: Images and Historical background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 Addres, 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Historical Documents of the United States A Chronology of US Historical Documents with links to text of the actual document
Liberty Online: Historical People and their words, historical documents, historical geography, battle maps, links to other map sites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 chronnicle United States Hisotry from 1776 to 1965; View the documents, and learn the historical background about each
| History of America's Important PrimaryDocuments | Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Articles of Confederation | A History of the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Early America: Articles of Confederation | Emancipation Proclamation History |
| History of the Articles of Confederation | The Gettysburgh Address |
| Bill of Rights | History of the Gettysburgh 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 |
| American History Museum |
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Smithsonian National Museum of American History Search Engine: Discover history through objects, photographs, interactive timelines: Complete archived collections - excellent!
| History Search Engine |
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HistoryBuff: Search for resources and information about historical events, people, and places
| The History Channel |
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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
| U.S. History Images |
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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
| Educational American History Powerpoints |
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| Educational American History Videos |
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| Reference Sites to Help in Your Research |
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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
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