American History Resources

• Abridged History of the United States
• Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government
• Abraham Lincoln Online
• National Women's History Project
• Internet African-American History Challenge
• American Labor History
• American Memory Project: Library of Congress
• America's Birthday: July 4th, 1996

Basic Documents and Works

• Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
• Mayflower Compact
• A Model of Christian Charity, John Winthrop
• Common Sense, Thomas Paine
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• The Constitution: Searchable by Topic
• The Federalist Papers
• George Washington's Farewell Address
• Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address
• Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
• Emancipation Proclamation
• The Gettysburg Address
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Speech at First Women's Rights Convention
• Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
• John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address
• Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' Speech