The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings

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• Publisher: Canterbury Classics
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781684120987
• eBook ISBN:
  9781684121069
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Early American History
• Index: History

“We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . . ” — The U.S Constitution

The U.S. Constitution and Other Writings is a collection of the crucial documents, speeches, and other writings that shaped the United States. In addition to the Constitution, readers can review the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers, important presidential speeches, and many others. Both famous and lesser-known, but equally important, Americans are represented, including Benjamin Franklin, Victoria Woodhull, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and even the creators of the rules of baseball. The founders' inspirational and revolutionary ideals are all here, and this is a perfect volume for anyone who finds the history of America to be a fascinating and enlightening journey.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Mayflower Compact (1620)
• The Silence Dogood Letters (1722)
• An Edict by the King of Prussia (1773)
• Rules by which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One (1773)
• “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!” (1775)
• The Declaration of Independence (1776)
• Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (Passed 1777; Ratified 1781)
• The Treaty of Paris (1783)
• The Virginia Plan (1787)
• The Northwest Ordinance (1787)
• The Constitution of the United States of America (1787)
• The Federalist Papers (1787–88)
• George Washington’s First Inaugural Address April 30, 1789
• The Bill of Rights (Passed 1789; Ratified 1791)
• Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address March 4, 1801
• The Louisiana Purchase Treaty (1803)
• “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814)
• The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
• On Indian Removal (1830)
• George W. Harkins’s Letter to the American People (1832)
• Rules and Regulations of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club (1845)
• Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” (1851)
• Frederick Douglass’s Speech on the Dred Scott Decision (1857)
• “A House Divided” (1858)
• The Emancipation Proclamation (1862–63)
• The Homestead Act (1862)
• Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1863)
• Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1865
• 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The Abolition of Slavery (1865)
• The Purchase of Alaska (1867)
• Victoria C. Woodhull’s Address to the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives (1871)
• Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park (1872)
• Susan B. Anthony on Women’s Suffrage (1873)
• Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Surrenders (1877)
• The Dawes Act (1887)
• Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States (1898)
• Letter of Protest from Queen Lili’uokalani of Hawaii to the House of Representatives (1898)
• Theodore Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address March 4, 1905
• 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax (Passed 1909, Ratified 1913)
• Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (1918)
• 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women’s Right to Vote (1920)
• FDR Proposes The New Deal (1932)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address March 4, 1933
• The Social Security Act (1935)
• Albert Einstein’s Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt About the Atomic Bomb (1939)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address (January 6, 1941)
• Executive Order 9066: The Relocation of the Japanese (1942)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Speech Upon Signing the G.I. Bill of Rights (1944)
• The United Nations Charter (1945)
• President Harry S. Truman Introduces the Truman Doctrine (1947)
• The Marshall Plan Speech (1947)
• Harry S. Truman’s Inaugural Address (January 20, 1949)
• The North Atlantic Treaty (1949)
• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy (1954)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address (January 17, 1961)
• John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961)
• The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963)
• The Civil Rights Act (1964)
• Ronald Reagan: “A Time for Choosing” (1964)
• Lyndon B. Johnson’s Special Message to Congress: The American Promise (1965)
• Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981)
• Geraldine Ferraro Accepts the Vice Presidential Nomination (1984)
• Ronald Reagan’s Remarks on East–West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin (1987)
• Bill Clinton Announces the Military Policy “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (1993)
• George W. Bush Addresses the Nation After the September 11 Attacks (2001)
• Barack Obama’s First Inaugural Address (January 20, 2009)
• Barack Obama Announces the Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
• Hillary Clinton Accepts the Democratic Presidential Nomination (2016)