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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... legislative bodies at places unusual , uncomfortable , and distant from the depository of their public Records , for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures . —He has dissolved Representative Houses ...
... Legislation : – For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us : - For protecting them , by a mock Trial , from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States : - For cutting off our Trade ...
... stumbling block to cooperation between small states who wanted equal legislative representation among all the states , and large states who felt their greater numbers entitled them to a larger share of the vote , was overcome by the 10.
... legislative function between two houses : a Senate in which all states had equal representation , and the House of Representatives to which membership would be apportioned relative to each state's population . On September 15 , 1787 ...
... Legislation in all Cases whatsoever , over such District ( not exceeding ten Miles square ) as may , by Cession of particular States , and the Acceptance of Congress , become the Seat of the Government of the United States , and to ...
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