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17th Century	18th Century	19th Century	20th Century

Year	Author & Title of Document	Source on the Internet
1776	Declaration of Independence	US Historical Documents Archives (USHDA) http://www.bartleby.com/43/14.html
1776	Thomas Paine - Common Sense	From Revolution to Reconstruction: A Hypertext on American History http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/ paine/CM/sense04.htm
1776	Virginia constitution	http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/va05.htm
1776	Pennsylvania constitution	http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/pa08.htm
1776	Journals of the Continental Congress - Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union	http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/contcong/07-12-76.htm
1776	Abigail Adams - Remember the Ladies	Adams Papers http://www.masshist.org/adams/manuscripts_1.cfm
1777	Articles of Confederation	http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/artconf.htm
1787	Federalist Paper- No. 10	From Revolution to Reconstruction: A Hypertext on American History http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/ federalist/fed10.htm
1787	Constitution of the United States	http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience /charters/constitution.html
1790	Excerpts from the original U.S. naturalization law of March 26, 1790 -provided the first rules to be followed by all of the United States in the granting of national citizenship.	http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/aboutus/ history/1790act.htm
1796	George Washington's Farewell Address	US Historical Documents Archives (USHDA) http://www.bartleby.com/43/24.html
	John Howard Payne - Home, Sweet Home	Yale Book of American Verse http://www.bartleby.com/102/14.html