Basic Documents and Writings

Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy
U.S. Department of State, Office of International Information Programs
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/demo.htm

Declaration of Independence

• English version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/deceng.htm

• Spanish version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/deces.htm

• French version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/decfr.htm

Constitution of the United States of America

• English version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/consteng.htm

• Spanish version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/constes.htm

• French version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/constfr.htm

Bill of Rights

• English version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm

• Spanish version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billes.htm

• French version
  http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billfr.htm

The Mayflower Compact
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/mayflow.htm

The First Thanksgiving Proclamation - 1676
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/thanksgi.htm

Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1733-1758
The Library of America
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/loa/loa.htm

Thomas Paine, Common Sense
The Library of America
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/loa/loa.htm

The Federalist Papers
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/fed/federa00.htm

The Monroe Doctrine
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/monrodoc.htm

Abraham Lincoln: Emancipation Proclamation
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/emanc.htm

The Truman Doctrine
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/truman.txt