The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History: 1775-1865John Grafton The great documents in this important collection helped form the foundation of American democratic government. Compelling, influential, and often inspirational, they range from Patrick Henry's dramatic "Give me liberty or give me death" speech at the start of the American Revolution to Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, issued in the closing weeks of the Civil War. Also included are the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson's classic rationale for rejecting allegiance to the government of King George III; the Monroe Doctrine, the cornerstone of American foreign policy; and these other landmark statements: The Constitution of the United States; James Madison's The Federalist, No. 10; George Washington's First Inaugural Address and Farewell Address; Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address; William Lloyd Garrison's Prospectus for The Liberator; Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill; and Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, Emancipation Proclamation, and Gettysburg Address. |
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... changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer , while evils are sufferable , than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed ...
... Changed by section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment . * Changed by the Seventeenth Amendment . * Changed by the Seventeenth Amendment . * Changed by section 2 of the Twentieth Amendment . 12 Great Documents of American History.
... their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses , and in going to and returning from the same ; and. * Changed by section 2 of the Twentieth Amendment . ARTICLE . II . Section . 1. The executive Power The Constitution 13.
... Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America . He shall hold his Office during the Term of * See Sixteenth Amendment . * Changed by the Twelfth Amendment . * Changed by 16 Great Documents of American History.
... Changed by the Twelfth Amendment . * Changed by the Twenty - Fifth Amendment . ** The Constitution 17.
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