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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... Washington : First Inaugural Address , April 30 , 1789 43 George Washington : Farewell Address , September 19 , 1796 47 Thomas Jefferson : First Inaugural Address , March 4 , 1801 61 James Monroe : The Monroe Doctrine , December 2. 1823 ...
... Washington and Adams administrations , but his plan was to return to the Virginia legislature , now the House of Delegates , when he died at his Red Hill estate in Charlotte county on June 6 , 1799 . No man thinks more highly than I do ...
... Washington ordered that it be read to his army in New York , his personal copy of the Dunlap broadside being used for that purpose . Later that night , a mob of angry New Yorkers demolished the bronze statue of George III that stood on ...
... Washington , D.C. There remain twenty - four surviving copies of the Dunlap broadside version . Only a small fragment of an early draft by Jefferson survives in his own handwriting , Fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of ...
... Washington was chosen to preside . He spoke little during the debates , but in addition to lending his vast prestige to the proceedings , he worked behind the scenes with many others to create the new form of government . In addition to ...
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