Background Information and History (Basic Reference Tools)
100 Milestone Documents
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone
This website is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United States history from 1776 to 1965.
A Century of Lawmaking For a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
In order to make these records more easily accessible to students, scholars, and interested citizens, this online site brings together the records and acts of Congress from the Journals of the Continental Congress through the Congressional Globe, which ceased publication with the 42nd Congress in 1873.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Chronicling America enhances access to America's historic newspapers. This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
A listing of pre-Colonial era documents (e.g., the Magna Carta) to the present with Internet links when possible.
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html
Free, permanent, public access is being made available to a core group of current and historical government publications via the GPO Access service to provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define this democratic society.
A Historical Guide to the U.S. Government
Call Number: Ref. JK 9 .H57 1998Presents a profile of the U.S. government through a composite history of the various departments and agencies that constitute it. …Arranged by entry term alphabetically, letter by letter rather than word by word. …Following most entries readers will find selected bibliographies of works that will be helpful if they wish to learn more about the subject of the entry. --preface
The History of the U.S. GPO
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The Birth of the United States, 1763 - 1816
A chronological timeline of the birth of the United States of America from 1763 to 1816 with the beautiful sound of Mozart's Symphony Nr. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter".
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