TABLE OF CONTENT
Founding Documents
Declaration of Independence.........................................................................................................3
Articles of Confederation...............................................................................................................9
The Constitution of the United States.........................................................................................21
The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription.............................................................25
Bill of Rights.................................................................................................................................37
Resolution of the First Continental Congress Proceedings........................................................49
Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms...................................................51
Writings Which Influenced the Writers of the Founding Documents
A Plea for Religious Liberty by Roger Williams .......................................................................59
Maryland Act of Religion (1649).................................................................................................67
On Liberty by John Winthrop......................................................................................................71
The Character of a Good Ruler by Samuel Willard (1694)........................................................73
The First Charter of Virginia.......................................................................................................77
The Mayflower Compact..............................................................................................................85
The Fundamental Orders by Reverend Thomas Hooker...........................................................87
The Rights of the Colonists by Samuel Adams...........................................................................91
Virginia Bill of Rights...................................................................................................................95
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (Patrick Henry)................................................................97
The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom................................................................99
Thomas Jefferson on Slavery (1782).........................................................................................101
These are the times that try men's souls (Thomas Paine)........................................................103
The Northwest Ordinance (1787)...............................................................................................109
Ben Franklin's Call to Prayer....................................................................................................115
Inaugural Addresses Sermons, Articles And Letters, Poems And Hymns, Declarations And Proclamations
President George Washington's Farewell Address (1796).......................................................123
Jefferson's First Inaugural Address..........................................................................................133
John Adams Inaugural Address ................................................................................................137
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.........................................................................................141
President Reagan's First Inaugural Address............................................................................143
Ronald Reagan Second Inaugural Address..............................................................................149
Election Sermons Urged Election of Christians Only...............................................................155
A Sermon by Rev. Samuel Davies (1723-1761AD)..................................................................157
Massachusetts Election Sermon of 1778..................................................................................169
General Thanksgiving by the President of the U.S.A., A Proclamation..................................183
Rev. Nathaniel Ward Against Toleration (1647)......................................................................185
The Texas Declaration of Independence..................................................................................189
Treaty of Paris (1783).................................................................................................................193
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address....................................................................................................195
John to Abagail Adams on the Constitution..............................................................................197
John to Abagail Adams on Prayer.............................................................................................199
The Monroe Doctrine.................................................................................................................201
The Letter of Columbus Announcing His Discovery................................................................203
Letters Between the Danbury Baptists and Thomas Jefferson...............................................209
William Travis to the People of Texas......................................................................................213
The Defense of the Alamo.........................................................................................................215
America the Beautiful.................................................................................................................217
My Country, 'Tis of Thee...........................................................................................................219
Battle Hymn of the Republic......................................................................................................221
The Star Spangled Banner.........................................................................................................223
The Pledge of Allegiance............................................................................................................225
The Concord Hymn.....................................................................................................................227
Teddy Roosevelt on Going to Church.......................................................................................229
The American Press...................................................................................................................231
Paul Revere's Ride.....................................................................................................................233
