Account of the Boston Massacre - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-1775/bostonmassacre/prest.htm
English Captain, Thomas Preston, describes to his king a situation of near anarchy in which he and his men were forced to exercise crowd control, with the use of some musketry, in the colonies. |
An Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company - http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1601-1650/virginia/ordi.htm
Establishment of a self-governing assembly in Virginia, 1621, complete text. |
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - http://www.law.ou.edu/henry.html
Text of American patriot Patrick Henry's historic speech. From the University of Oklahoma Law Center. |
Organic Legal Documents - http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/index2.htm
Text of various state charters, bills and declarations of rights, and related documents from 1776-1784. |
The Charter of New England : 1620 - http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mass01.asp
Complete text of the British Charter for the settlement of New England. |
The Plymouth Colony Archive Project - http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jfd3a/
Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia, presents a collection of browsable and searchable texts and analysis papers on the Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691. |
Virtualology.com: Articles of Confederation - http://virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofusa/articlesofconfederation/
Includes text, links, biographical information about each signer. |