US History Lessons: 35 Primary Documents

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Another teacher shared with me a great website with 35 primary documents for US History. The site link is http://www.graves.k12.ky.us/schools/gchs/bleonard/html/hd/hd_index.htm
The documents are listed below. The documents include some great questions.
Document 1 – The Mayflower Compact (1620)
Document 2 – English Petition of Right (1628)
Document 3 – Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
Document 4 – Maryland Toleration Act (1649)
Document 5 – English Bill of Rights (1689)
Document 6 – John Locke: Two Treatises on Government (1690)
Document 7 – Baron de Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws (1748)
Document 8 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract (1762)
Document 9 – Patrick Henry’s Speech (1775)
Document 10 – Nathan Hale’s Speech (1776)
Document 11 – Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations (1776)
Document 12 – Thomas Paine: Common Sense (1776)
Document 13 – The Federalist, No.71 (1787-1788)
Document 14 – The Northwest Ordinance (1787)
Document 15 – Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Document 16 – Petition by Free Negroes for Equality Under the Law (1791)
Document 17 – Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
Document 18 – Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address (1801)
Document 19 – The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
Document 20 – The Cherokee Address the American People (1830)
Document 21 – Joint Resolution of Congess Annexing Texas to the United States (1845)
Document 22 – The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848)
Document 23 – The Gettysburg Address (1863)
Document 24 – The Dawes Act (1887)
Document 25 – The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (1904-1905)
Document 26 – Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Speech (1941)
Document 27 – The Truman Doctrine (1947)
Document 28 – John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (1961)
Document 29 – Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” Speech (1963)
Document 30 – The Civil Rights Act (1964)
Document 31 – The Voting Rights Act (1965)
Document 32 – Cesar Chavez: Organizing Farm Workers (c. 1970)
Document 33 – Barbara Jordan: Keynote Address, Democratic National Convention (1976)
Document 34 – The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
Document 35 – Oath of Citizenship
Document 36 – American’s Creed (1917)
Document 37 – Pledge of Allegiance (1892)
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