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|name = Historical American Documents

|title = Historical documents of the United States

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|sect1 = [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]]

|abbr1 = constitution

|state1 = <noinclude>expanded</noinclude>

|list1 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|

|group1 = Preamble<br />and Articles

|list1 =

* [[Preamble to the United States Constitution|Preamble]]

* [[Article One of the United States Constitution|I]]

* [[Article Two of the United States Constitution|II]]

* [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|III]]

* [[Article Four of the United States Constitution|IV]]

* [[Article Five of the United States Constitution|V]]

* [[Article Six of the United States Constitution|VI]]

* [[Article Seven of the United States Constitution|VII]]

|group2 = Amendments

|list2 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|subgroup

| group1 = Ratified

| list1 =

* [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|1]]

* [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|2]]

* [[Third Amendment to the United States Constitution|3]]

* [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|4]]

* [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|5]]

* [[Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|6]]

* [[Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|7]]

* [[Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution|8]]

* [[Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution|9]]

* [[Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|10]]

* [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|11]]

* [[Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution|12]]

* [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|13]]

* [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14]]

* [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|15]]

* [[Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|16]]

* [[Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|17]]

* [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|18]]

* [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|19]]

* [[Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution|20]]

* [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution|21]]

* [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|22]]

* [[Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution|23]]

* [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24]]

* [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|25]]

* [[Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution|26]]

* [[Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|27]]

| group2 = Pending

| list2 =

* [[Congressional Apportionment Amendment|Congressional Apportionment]]

* [[Titles of Nobility Amendment|Titles of Nobility]]

* [[Corwin Amendment|Corwin (''State Domestic Institutions'')]]

* [[Child Labor Amendment|Child Labor]]

|group3=Unsuccessful

|list3=

* [[Equal Rights Amendment|Equal Rights]]

* [[District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment|District of Columbia Voting Rights]]

|group4=See also

|list4=

* [[List of amendments to the United States Constitution|List of Constitutional Amendments]]

* [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] <small>(Amendments 1–10)</small>

* [[Reconstruction Amendments]] <small>(Amendments 13–15)</small>

* [[List of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution|Amendment proposals in Congress]]

* [[Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution|Conventions to propose amendments]]

* [[State ratifying conventions]]}}

|group3 = Formation

|list3 =

* [[History of the United States Constitution|History]]

* [[Articles of Confederation]]

* [[Mount Vernon Conference]]

* [[Annapolis Convention (1786)|Annapolis Convention]]

* [[Constitutional Convention (United States)|Philadelphia Convention]]

** [[Virginia Plan]]

** [[New Jersey Plan]]

** [[Connecticut Compromise]]

** [[Three-fifths Compromise]]

** [[Committee of Detail]]

** [[Signing of the United States Constitution|Signing]]

** [[Printing of the United States Constitution|Printing]]

** [[Independence Hall]]

** [[Syng inkstand]]

* ''[[The Federalist Papers]]''

* [[Anti-Federalist Papers]]

* [[Massachusetts Compromise]]

* [[Virginia Ratifying Convention]]

* [[Hillsborough Convention]]

* [[Timeline of drafting and ratification of the United States Constitution|Drafting and ratification timeline]]

|group4 = Clauses

|list4 =

* [[Appointments Clause|Appointments]]

* [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Section 9: Limits on Congress|Appropriations]]

* [[Assistance of Counsel Clause|Assistance of Counsel]]

* [[Case or Controversy Clause|Case or Controversy]]

* [[Citizenship Clause|Citizenship]]

* [[Commerce Clause|Commerce]]

* [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Clause 3: Compact Clause|Compact]]

* [[Compulsory Process Clause|Compulsory Process]]

* [[Confrontation Clause|Confrontation]]

* [[Contract Clause|Contract]]

* [[Copyright Clause|Copyright and Patent]]

* [[Double Jeopardy Clause|Double Jeopardy]]

* [[Due Process Clause|Due Process]]

* [[Equal Protection Clause|Equal Protection]]

* [[Establishment Clause|Establishment]]

* [[Article Three of the United States Constitution#Original and appellate jurisdiction|Exceptions]]

* [[Excessive Bail Clause|Excessive Bail]]

* ''[[Ex post facto law#United States|Ex post facto]]''

* [[Extradition Clause|Extradition]]

* [[Free Exercise Clause|Free Exercise]]

* [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution#Freedom of speech|Free Speech]]

* [[Fugitive Slave Clause|Fugitive Slave]]

* [[Full Faith and Credit Clause|Full Faith and Credit]]

* [[Taxing and Spending Clause#General Welfare Clause|General Welfare]]

* [[Article Four of the United States Constitution#Republican government|Guarantee]]

* [[Impeachment in the United States|Impeachment]]

* [[Import-Export Clause|Import-Export]]

* [[Ineligibility Clause|Ineligibility (Emolument)]]

* [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Section 8|Militia]]

* [[Natural-born-citizen clause|Natural-born citizen]]

* [[Necessary and Proper Clause|Necessary and Proper]]

* [[Admission to the Union|New States]]

* [[No Religious Test Clause|No Religious Test]]

* [[Oath of office of the president of the United States|Oath or Affirmation]]

* [[Origination Clause|Origination]]

* [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution#Petition and assembly|Petition]]

* [[Postal Clause|Postal]]

* [[Presentment Clause|Presentment]]

* [[Privileges and Immunities Clause|Privileges and Immunities]]

* [[Privileges or Immunities Clause|Privileges or Immunities]]

* [[Article Two of the United States Constitution#Clause 2: Making recommendations to Congress|Recommendation]]

* [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution#Self-incrimination|Self-Incrimination]]

* [[Speech or Debate Clause|Speech or Debate]]

* [[Speedy Trial Clause|Speedy Trial]]

* [[Article Two of the United States Constitution#Clause 1: State of the Union|State of the Union]]

* [[Supremacy Clause|Supremacy]]

* [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Section 9|Suspension]]

* [[Article Two of the United States Constitution#Clause 5: Caring for the faithful execution of the law|Take Care]]

* [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution#Eminent domain|Takings]]

* [[Taxing and Spending Clause|Taxing and Spending]]

* [[Article Four of the United States Constitution#Federal property and the Territorial Clause|Territorial]]

* [[Foreign Emoluments Clause|Title of Nobility]]

* [[Treaty Clause|Treaty]]

* [[Jury trial#United States|Trial by Jury]]

* [[Vesting Clauses|Vesting]]

* [[Vicinage Clause|Vicinage]]

* [[War Powers Clause|War Powers]]

* [[List of clauses of the United States Constitution|List of clauses]]

|group5 = Interpretation

|list5 =

* [[Concurrent powers]]

* [[Congressional power of enforcement|Congressional enforcement]]

* [[United States constitutional law|Constitutional law]]

* [[United States constitutional criminal procedure|Criminal procedure]]

* [[United States constitutional sentencing law|Criminal sentencing]]

* [[Dormant Commerce Clause]]

* [[Enumerated powers (United States)]]

* [[Equal footing]]

* [[Executive privilege]]

* [[Incorporation of the Bill of Rights]]

* [[Judicial review in the United States|Judicial review]]

* [[Nondelegation doctrine]]

* [[Federal preemption|Preemption]]

* [[Saxbe fix]]

* [[Separation of church and state in the United States|Separation of church and state]]

* [[Separation of powers under the United States Constitution|Separation of powers]]

* [[Tax protester constitutional arguments|Taxation power]]

* [[Unitary executive theory]]

|group6 = [[Framers|Signatories]]

|list6 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|subgroup

| group1 = Convention President

| list1 =

* [[George Washington]]

| group2 = New Hampshire

| list2 =

* [[John Langdon (politician)|John Langdon]]

* [[Nicholas Gilman]]

| group3 = Massachusetts

| list3 =

* [[Nathaniel Gorham]]

* [[Rufus King]]

| group4 = Connecticut

| list4 =

* [[William Samuel Johnson]]

* [[Roger Sherman]]

| group5 = New York

| list5 =

* [[Alexander Hamilton]]

| group6 = New Jersey

| list6 =

* [[William Livingston]]

* [[David Brearley]]

* [[William Paterson (judge)|William Paterson]]

* [[Jonathan Dayton]]

| group7 = Pennsylvania

| list7 =

* [[Benjamin Franklin]]

* [[Thomas Mifflin]]

* [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]

* [[George Clymer]]

* [[Thomas Fitzsimons]]

* [[Jared Ingersoll]]

* [[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]]

* [[Gouverneur Morris]]

| group8 = Delaware

| list8 =

* [[George Read (American politician, born 1733)|George Read]]

* [[Gunning Bedford Jr.]]

* [[John Dickinson]]

* [[Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)|Richard Bassett]]

* [[Jacob Broom]]

| group9 = Maryland

| list9 =

* [[James McHenry]]

* [[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]

* [[Daniel Carroll]]

| group10 = Virginia

| list10 =

* [[John Blair Jr.|John Blair]]

* [[James Madison]]

| group11 = North Carolina

| list11 =

* [[William Blount]]

* [[Richard Dobbs Spaight]]

* [[Hugh Williamson]]

| group12 = South Carolina

| list12 =

* [[John Rutledge]]

* [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]

* [[Charles Pinckney (governor)|Charles Pinckney]]

* [[Pierce Butler (American politician)|Pierce Butler]]

| group13 = Georgia

| list13 =

* [[William Few]]

* [[Abraham Baldwin]]

| group14 = Convention Secretary

| list14 =

* [[William Jackson (secretary)|William Jackson]]}}

| group7 = Display<br />and legacy

| list7 =

* [[National Archives Building|National Archives]]

** [[Charters of Freedom|Charters of Freedom Rotunda]]

* [[Independence Mall (Philadelphia)|Independence Mall]]

* [[Constitution Day (United States)|Constitution Day]]

* [[Constitution Gardens]]

* [[National Constitution Center]]

* ''[[Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States|Scene at the Signing of the Constitution]]'' (painting)

* ''[[A More Perfect Union (film)|A More Perfect Union]]'' (film)

* [[Worldwide influence of the Constitution of the United States|Worldwide influence]]}}

|sect2 = [[Articles of Confederation]] and [[Perpetual Union]]

|abbr2 = articles

|state2 = <noinclude>expanded</noinclude>

|list2 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|

|group2 = Signatories

|list2 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|subgroup

|group2 = Primary drafter

|list2 =

* [[John Dickinson]]

| group3 = [[New Hampshire]]

| list3 =

* [[Josiah Bartlett]]

* [[John Wentworth Jr.]]

| group4 = [[Massachusetts]]

| list4 =

* [[John Hancock]]

* [[Samuel Adams]]

* [[Elbridge Gerry]]

* [[Francis Dana]]

* [[James Lovell (politician)|James Lovell]]

* [[Samuel Holten]]

| group5 = [[Rhode Island]]

| list5 =

* [[William Ellery]]

* [[Henry Marchant]]

* [[John Collins (Continental Congress)|John Collins]]

| group6 = [[Connecticut]]

| list6 =

* [[Roger Sherman]]

* [[Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)|Samuel Huntington]]

* [[Oliver Wolcott]]

* [[Titus Hosmer]]

* [[Andrew Adams (politician)|Andrew Adams]]

| group7 = [[New York (state)|New York]]

| list7 =

* [[James Duane]]

* [[Francis Lewis]]

* [[William Duer (Continental congressman)|William Duer]]

* [[Gouverneur Morris]]

| group8 = [[New Jersey]]

| list8 =

* [[John Witherspoon]]

* [[Nathaniel Scudder]]

| group9 = [[Pennsylvania]]

| list9 =

* [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]

* [[Daniel Roberdeau]]

* [[Jonathan Bayard Smith]]

* [[William Clingan]]

* [[Joseph Reed (politician)|Joseph Reed]]

| group10 = [[Delaware]]

| list10 =

* [[Thomas McKean]]

* [[John Dickinson]]

* [[Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1738)|Nicholas Van Dyke]]

| group11 = [[Maryland]]

| list11 =

* [[John Hanson]]

* [[Daniel Carroll]]

| group12 = [[Virginia]]

| list12 =

* [[Richard Henry Lee]]

* [[John Banister (lawyer)|John Banister]]

* [[Thomas Adams (politician)|Thomas Adams]]

* [[John Harvie]]

* [[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]

| group13 = [[North Carolina]]

| list13 =

* [[John Penn (North Carolina politician)|John Penn]]

* [[Cornelius Harnett]]

* [[John Williams (Continental Congress)|John Williams]]

| group14 = [[South Carolina]]

| list14 =

* [[Henry Laurens]]

* [[William Henry Drayton]]

* [[John Mathews (lawyer)|John Mathews]]

* [[Richard Hutson]]

* [[Thomas Heyward Jr.]]

| group15 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]

| list15 =

* [[John Walton (Continental Congress)|John Walton]]

* [[Edward Telfair]]

* [[Edward Langworthy (Founding Father)|Edward Langworthy]]}}

|group16 = Related

|list16 =

* [[Continental Congress]]

* [[American Revolution]]

* [[Congress of the Confederation]]

* [[Charles Thomson]]

* [[Journals of the Continental Congress]]}}

|sect3 = [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]

|abbr3 = declaration

|state3 = <noinclude>expanded</noinclude>

|list3 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|

|group1 = Primary author

|list1 =

* [[Thomas Jefferson]]

|group2 = [[Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence|Signatories]]

|list2 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|subgroup

| group1 = [[President of the Continental Congress|President of Congress]]

| list1 =

* [[John Hancock]] (Massachusetts)

| group2 = [[New Hampshire]]

| list2 =

* [[Josiah Bartlett]]

* [[William Whipple]]

* [[Matthew Thornton]]

| group3 = [[Massachusetts]]

| list3 =

* [[Samuel Adams]]

* [[John Adams]]

* [[Robert Treat Paine]]

* [[Elbridge Gerry]]

| group4 = [[Rhode Island]]

| list4 =

* [[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]]

* [[William Ellery]]

| group5 = [[Connecticut]]

| list5 =

* [[Roger Sherman]]

* [[Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)|Samuel Huntington]]

* [[William Williams (Connecticut politician)|William Williams]]

* [[Oliver Wolcott]]

| group6 = [[New York (state)|New York]]

| list6 =

* [[William Floyd]]

* [[Philip Livingston]]

* [[Francis Lewis]]

* [[Lewis Morris]]

| group7 = [[New Jersey]]

| list7 =

* [[Richard Stockton (Continental Congressman)|Richard Stockton]]

* [[John Witherspoon]]

* [[Francis Hopkinson]]

* [[John Hart (New Jersey politician)|John Hart]]

* [[Abraham Clark]]

| group8 = [[Pennsylvania]]

| list8 =

* [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]]

* [[Benjamin Rush]]

* [[Benjamin Franklin]]

* [[John Morton (American politician)|John Morton]]

* [[George Clymer]]

* [[James Smith (Pennsylvania politician)|James Smith]]

* [[George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)|George Taylor]]

* [[James Wilson (Founding Father)|James Wilson]]

* [[George Ross (American politician)|George Ross]]

| group9 = [[Delaware]]

| list9 =

* [[George Read (American politician, born 1733)|George Read]]

* [[Caesar Rodney]]

* [[Thomas McKean]]

| group10 = [[Maryland]]

| list10 =

* [[Samuel Chase]]

* [[William Paca]]

* [[Thomas Stone]]

* [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]]

| group11 = [[Virginia]]

| list11 =

* [[George Wythe]]

* [[Richard Henry Lee]]

* [[Thomas Jefferson]]

* [[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]]

* [[Thomas Nelson Jr.]]

* [[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]

* [[Carter Braxton]]

| group12 = [[North Carolina]]

| list12 =

* [[William Hooper]]

* [[Joseph Hewes]]

* [[John Penn (North Carolina politician)|John Penn]]

| group13 = [[South Carolina]]

| list13 =

* [[Edward Rutledge]]

* [[Thomas Heyward Jr.]]

* [[Thomas Lynch Jr.]]

* [[Arthur Middleton]]

|group14 = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]

|list14 =

* [[Button Gwinnett|Button Gwinett]]

* [[Lyman Hall]]

* [[George Walton]]}}

|group3 = Related

|list3 =

* [[Halifax Resolves]]

* [[Virginia Declaration of Rights]]

* [[Second Continental Congress]]

* [[Lee Resolution]]

* [[Committee of Five]]

**"[[All men are created equal]]"

**"[[Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness]]"

**"[[Consent of the governed]]"

**[[Grievances of the United States Declaration of Independence|grievances]]

* [[Physical history of the United States Declaration of Independence|Document's history]]

**[[Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence|signing]]

**[[Charles Thomson]]

**[[Journals of the Continental Congress]]

* [[United Colonies]]

* [[Independence Hall]]

**[[Syng inkstand]]

* [[American Revolution]]

* [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]

* [[Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence|Signers Memorial]]

*[[Congress Voting Independence|Pine portrait]]

*[[Declaration of Independence (painting)|Trumbull portrait]]}}

|sect4 = [[Continental Association]]

|abbr4 = continental

|state4 = <noinclude>expanded</noinclude>

|list4 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|child|

|group1 = Signatories

|list1 = {{#invoke:navbox|navbox|subgroup

| group1 = [[President of the Continental Congress|President of Congress]]

| list1 =

* [[Peyton Randolph]]

| group2 = [[Province of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

| list2 =

* [[John Sullivan (general)|John Sullivan]]

* [[Nathaniel Folsom]]

| group3 = [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay]]

| list3 =

* [[Thomas Cushing]]

* [[Samuel Adams]]

* [[John Adams]]

* [[Robert Treat Paine]]

|group4 = [[Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations|Rhode Island]]

|list4 =

* [[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]]

* [[Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician)|Samuel Ward]]

| group5 = [[Connecticut Colony|Connecticut]]

| list5 =

* [[Eliphalet Dyer]]

* [[Roger Sherman]]

* [[Silas Deane]]

| group6 = [[Province of New York|New York]]

| list6 =

* [[Isaac Low]]

* [[John Alsop]]

* [[John Jay]]

* [[James Duane]]

* [[Philip Livingston]]

* [[William Floyd]]

* [[Henry Wisner]]

* [[Simon Boerum]]

| group7 = [[Province of New Jersey|New Jersey]]

| list7 =

* [[James Kinsey]]

* [[William Livingston]]

* [[Stephen Crane (Continental Congress)|Stephen Crane]]

* [[Richard Smith (Continental Congress)|Richard Smith]]

* [[John De Hart]]

| group8 = [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

| list8 =

* [[Joseph Galloway]]

* [[John Dickinson]]

* [[Charles Humphreys]]

* [[Thomas Mifflin]]

* [[Edward Biddle]]

* [[John Morton (American politician)|John Morton]]

* [[George Ross (American politician)|George Ross]]

| group9 = [[Delaware Colony|The Lower Counties]]

| list9 =

* [[Caesar Rodney]]

* [[Thomas McKean]]

* [[George Read (American politician, born 1733)|George Read]]

| group10 =[[Province of Maryland|Maryland]]

| list10 =

* [[Matthew Tilghman]]

* [[Thomas Johnson (jurist)|Thomas Johnson, Junr]]

* [[William Paca]]

* [[Samuel Chase]]

| group11 = [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]]

| list11 =

* [[Richard Henry Lee]]

* [[George Washington]]

* [[Patrick Henry|Patrick Henry, Junr]]

* [[Richard Bland]]

* [[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]]

* [[Edmund Pendleton]]

| group12 = [[Province of North Carolina|North Carolina]]

| list12 =

* [[William Hooper]]

* [[Joseph Hewes]]

* [[Richard Caswell]]

| group13 = [[Province of South Carolina|South Carolina]]

| list13 =

* [[Henry Middleton]]

* [[Thomas Lynch (statesman)|Thomas Lynch]]

* [[Christopher Gadsden]]

* [[John Rutledge]]

* [[Edward Rutledge]]}}

| group14 = Related

| list14 =

* [[Virginia Association]]

* [[Fairfax Resolves]]

* [[Suffolk Resolves]]

* [[First Continental Congress]]

* [[Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress]]

* [[Charles Thomson]]

* [[Journals of the Continental Congress]]

* [[Carpenters' Hall]]

}}

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