The Patriot's History Reader: Essential Documents for Every American

Chapters

• 1 The Mayflower Compact, 1620
• 2 The Fundamental Orders, 1639
• 3 The Rights of the Colonists, Samuel Adams, 1772
• 4 Common Sense, Thomas Paine, 1776
• 5 The Declaration of Independence, 1776
• 6 The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, 1781
• 7 On Creating a Peacetime Military Establishment, George Washington, 1783
• 8 On Electing a Roman Catholic Bishop, John Carroll, 1785
• 9 The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
• 10 The Constitution of the United States, 1787
• 11 Observations on the New Constitution, Mercy Otis Warren, 1788
• 12 George Washington's First Inaugural Address, 1789
• 13 Marbury v/s Madison, 1803
• 14 James Madison's Address for a Declaration of War, 1812
• 15 Missouri Enabling Act, 1820
• 16 The Monroe Doctrine, 1823
• 17 Address on States' Rights and Nullification, John C. Calhoun, 1832
• 18 Veto of the Bank of the United States, Andrew Jackson, 1832
• 19 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments, 1848
• 20 Scott v. Sandford, 1857
• 21 On Dred Scott, Frederick Douglass, 1857
• 22 The Georgia Debate on Secession, 1860
• 23 Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861
• 24 The Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln, 1863
• 25 Present Aspects of the Indian Problem, Carl Shurz, 1881
• 26 What Social Classes Owe to Each Other, William Sumner, 1883
• 27 Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech, 1895
• 28 Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
• 29 William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech, 1896
• 30 On Academic Freedom: William Harper, 1902, and the American Association of University Professors, 1915
• 31 Eugene V. Deb's Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, 1908
• 32 Woodrow Wilson's Address for the Declaration of War, 1917
• 33 William E. Borah's Speech on the League of Nations, 1919
• 34 On the Principles of Progressive Education, 1919
• 35 On Policies in the Regulation of Business, Herbert Hoover, 1924
• 36 On Principles of Taxation, Andrew W. Mellon, 1924
• 37 On Social Security, FDR, 1935
• 38 Schechter Poultry v. United States, 1935
• 39 On Problems in New Deal Policies, Robert A. Taft, 1939
• 40 FDR's "Date Which Will Live in Infamy" Speech, 1941
• 41 FDR's State of the Union Address, 1944
• 42 The Yalta Agreement, 1945
• 43 Everson v. Board of Education, 1947
• 44 Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
• 45 JFK's Inaugural Address, 1961
• 46 The Civil Rights Act, 1964
• 47 Executive Order on Equal Employment Opportunity, 1965
• 48 Roe v. Wade, 1973
• 49 Richard Nixon's Second Watergate Speech, 1973
• 50 Jimmy Carter's "Crisis of Confidence Speech", 1979
• 51 Ronald Reagan's "Our Noble Vision" Speech, 1984
• 52 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1993
• 53 George W. Bush's National Cathedral Speech, 2001
• 54 Kelo v. New London, 2005
• 55 Barack Obama's "A New Beginning" Speech, 2009