18th Century

1701-1774

• Albany Plan of 1754
• Resolutions of the Stamp Act (October 19, 1765)
• Letter to King George: Declaration of Rights and Grievances (October 25, 1774)

1775-1800

• Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry (March 23, 1775)
• Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (July 6, 1775)
• Yankee Doodle
• "Thoughts on Government": John Adams (April 1776)
• Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776)
• Draft Virginia Constitution of 1776 (June 29, 1776)
• Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
• Christmas in 1776: George Washington (December 25, 1776)
• Articles of Confederation (November 15, 1777)
• Original Great Seal of the United States (June 20, 1782)
• Treaty of Paris (September 3, 1783)
• Memorial and Remonstrance (June 20, 1785)
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (January 16, 1786)
• Annapolis Convention (September 14, 1786)
• The Federalist Papers (1787)
• Northwest Ordinance (July 13, 1787)
• Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787)
• Constitution Resolution (September 17, 1787)
• First Inaugural Address of President George Washington (April 30, 1789)
• Federal Judiciary Act (September 24, 1789)
• Bill of Rights (September 25, 1789)
• Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789 (President George Washington)
• First State of the Union Address (January 8, 1790)
• Second Inaugural Address of President George Washington (March 4, 1793)
• Proclamation of Neutrality (April 22, 1793)
• Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
• Treaty of Greenville (1795)
• Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1795 (President George Washington)
• Farewell Address of President George Washington (September 17, 1796)
• Inaugural Address of President John Adams (1797)
• Alien and Sedition Act (July 14, 1798)