Founding documents
Declarations, constitutions and the arguments around them.
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The Great BooksThe Constitution of the United StatesAnonymousThe Constitution of the United StatesAnonymous · 1787On 7 listsThe Great BooksThe Declaration of IndependenceThomas JeffersonThe Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson · 1776On 6 lists
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay The Federalist PapersThe Federalist PapersAlexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay · 1787-1788On 5 listsThe Great BooksArticles of ConfederationContinental CongressArticles of ConfederationContinental Congress · 1777On 2 listsThe Great BooksDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)French National AssemblyDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)French National Assembly · 1789On 2 lists
The Gettysburg AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1863On 2 listsThe Great BooksEl RequerimientoCouncil of CastileEl RequerimientoCouncil of Castile · 1513On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsSwabian PeasantsThe Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsSwabian Peasants · 1525On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Mayflower CompactAnonymousThe Mayflower CompactAnonymous · 1620On 1 listThe Great BooksDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de GougesDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de Gouges · 1791On 1 listThe Great BooksWashington's Farewell AddressGeorge WashingtonWashington's Farewell AddressGeorge Washington · 1796On 1 listThe Great BooksHaitian Constitution of 1801Toussaint LouvertureHaitian Constitution of 1801Toussaint Louverture · 1801On 1 listThe Great BooksSupreme Court OpinionsUnited States Supreme CourtSupreme Court OpinionsUnited States Supreme Court · 1803-1857On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques DessalinesThe Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques Dessalines · 1804On 1 listThe Great BooksThe 1805 Constitution of HaitiJean-Jacques DessalinesThe 1805 Constitution of HaitiJean-Jacques Dessalines · 1805On 1 listSecond Inaugural AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River CollectiveA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River Collective · 1977On 1 list
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay The Federalist PapersThe Federalist PapersAlexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay · 1787-1788On 5 listsThe Great BooksArticles of ConfederationContinental CongressArticles of ConfederationContinental Congress · 1777On 2 listsThe Great BooksDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)French National AssemblyDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)French National Assembly · 1789On 2 listsThe Gettysburg AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1863On 2 listsThe Great BooksEl RequerimientoCouncil of CastileEl RequerimientoCouncil of Castile · 1513On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsSwabian PeasantsThe Twelve Articles of the Swabian PeasantsSwabian Peasants · 1525On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Mayflower CompactAnonymousThe Mayflower CompactAnonymous · 1620On 1 listThe Great BooksDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de GougesDeclaration of the Rights of WomanOlympe de Gouges · 1791On 1 listThe Great BooksWashington's Farewell AddressGeorge WashingtonWashington's Farewell AddressGeorge Washington · 1796On 1 listThe Great BooksHaitian Constitution of 1801Toussaint LouvertureHaitian Constitution of 1801Toussaint Louverture · 1801On 1 listThe Great BooksSupreme Court OpinionsUnited States Supreme CourtSupreme Court OpinionsUnited States Supreme Court · 1803-1857On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques DessalinesThe Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques Dessalines · 1804On 1 listThe Great BooksThe 1805 Constitution of HaitiJean-Jacques DessalinesThe 1805 Constitution of HaitiJean-Jacques Dessalines · 1805On 1 listSecond Inaugural AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River CollectiveA Black Feminist StatementCombahee River Collective · 1977On 1 list