Important Documents for US History & Constitution

English agreement that guaranteed certain rights; influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights’ protection of individual rights

• Magna Carta

• Constitution

• Monroe Doctrine

• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

signed by many Pilgrims on their way to New World; they agreed to create a new government and abide by its laws; helped establish idea of self-government

• AOC

• Truman Doctrine

• Mayflower Compact

• Zimmerman Notes

influential pamphlet written by Thomas Paine; urged Americans to declare their independence

• magna carta

• Common Sense

• I Have a Dream Speach

• League of Nations

written by Thomas Jefferson; announced the separation of the colonies from England

• The Liberator

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

1st U.S. government; eventually failed because the national government was too weak

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• I Have a Dream Speech

current document that directs the United States Government

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Roosevelt Corollary

series of essays about the nature of the government by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay; written to help get the Constitution ratified

• Roosevelt Corollary

• Federalist Papers

• Farmer's Almanac

• Declaration of Independence

first 10 amendments of the Constitution; guarantees individual rights

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• The Liberator

• Marshal Plan

presidential message that said that Europe should not interfere in the affairs of Latin America and the U.S. would not interfere in European affairs

• AOC

• Magna Carta

• Monroe Doctrine

• Emancipation Proclamation

written by John C. Calhoun; outlined the doctrine of nullification, which said that a state could reject any law passed by Congress

• “South Carolina Exposition and Protest”

• Monroe Doctrine

• I Have a Dream Speech

• Gettysburg Address