- Account
of the Boston Massacre - English Captain, Thomas Preston, describes
to his king a situation of near anarchy in which he and his men were
forced to exercise crowd control, with the use of some musketry, in
the colonies.
- The
Charter of New England : 1620 - Complete text of the British Charter
for the settlement of New England.
- Early Plymouth
Letters - Letters written by pilgrims at Plymouth, including William
Bradford, Emmanuel Altham, and John Robinson.
- Give Me Liberty or Give
Me Death - Text of American patriot Patrick Henry's historic speech.
From the University of Oklahoma Law Center.
- Historical Document Reproduction,
Inc. - Includes scans of several documents from U.S. history.
- The
Laws of Virginia 1610-1611 - From American History Online. Includes
laws on blasphemy, uttering "traitorous words" against the king, church
attendance, and sacrilege.
- New
England Articles of Confederation, 1643 - Complete text of the first
attempt to unite the colonies of New England.
- An
Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company - Establishment
of a self-governing assembly in Virginia, 1621, complete text.
- Organic Legal
Documents - Text of various state charters, bills and declarations
of rights, and related documents from 1776-1784.
- The Plymouth Colony
Archive Project - Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University
of Virginia, presents a collection of browsable and searchable texts
and analysis papers on the Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691.
- Virginia Colonial Records
Project - Databases of primary source doucments at the Library of
Virginia.
- Virtualology.com:
Articles of Confederation - Includes text, links, biographical information
about each signer.
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