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Chapter 2: Constitutional Democracy: Promoting Liberty and Self-Government


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Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention: 1774-1789
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html

274 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

Timeline -- America during the Age of Revolution, 1764-1789
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/timeline.html

This time line, found on the Library of Congress Web Site, is drawn largely from the work of Richard B. Morris, in particular his Encyclopedia of American History.

Timeline -- America during the Age of Revolution, 1764-1789
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/declaration/decmain.html

National Archive's Declaration of Independence: Includes a high resolution graphic of the original document.

The American Constitution - A Documentary Record
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm

The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School houses this incredible collection of documents tracing the origins of the American Constitution. This collection begins with the Magna Carta and is organized in four sections, The Roots of the Constitution, Revolution and Independence, The Constitutional Convention, and Ratification and Formation of the Government.

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