The Revolution & the Founding Era
 
 

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
George Washington




Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress

"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!"

Virginia Declaration of Rights

The Declaration of Independence (website of Indiana School of Law)

The Declaration of Independence (National Archives, includes facsimile)

  The United States Constitution

Washington's Farewell Address


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