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Source work is very important to the study of history as it teaches us to read for ourselves what occurred and to not be dependent upon the ideas of others. Most of the following pages covers vocabulary, comprehension questions, geography, activities and more.

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**Pre-Colonial**

The Magna Carta (1215) Printer Friendly Magna Carta PDF File Worksheet

**Great Awakening**

Sinners In The Hands of an Angry God (8 July 1741) Printer Friendly Magna Carta PDF File Worksheet

**War of Independence**

Resolutions of the Stamp Act (October 19, 1765) PDF File Worksheet

The First Prayer in Congress (7 September 1774) Printer Friendly The First Prayer in Congress PDF File Worksheet

Fairfax Resolves (18 July 1774) PDF File Worksheet

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (23 March 1775) by Patrick Henry Printer Friendly Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! PDF File Worksheet

Report on the Minute Men by Lieutenant Colonel Smith to Governor Gage (22 April 1775) Printer Friendly Report on the Minute Men PDF File Worksheet

Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (July 6, 1775) Printer Friendly Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking Up Arms PDF File

The Virginia Declaration of Rights (June 12, 1776) Printer Friendly Virginia Declaration of Rights PDF File Worksheet

Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) Printer Friendly Declaration of Independence PDF File Worksheet

The Northwest Ordinance (July 13, 1787) Printer Friendly Northwest Ordinance PDF File Worksheet

Yankee Doodle Dandy Lyrics

Washington's Farewell Address (17 September 1796 ) Printer Friendly Washington's Farewell Address PDF File Worksheet

Recollections of the Boston Tea Party by George R. T. Hewes

A Congressman's Prayer by John Quincy Adams Printer Friendly A Congressman's Prayer PDF File Worksheet

**Documents of Nations**
Articles of Confederation (1 March 1781) Printer Friendly Articles of Confederation PDF File Worksheet

United States Constitution Printer The United States Constitution PDF File Worksheet

Constitution of the Confederate States of America Printer Friendly Constitution Confederate States Constitution PDF File Worksheet

**A New Nation**
Monroe Doctrine (2 December 1823) Printer Friendly Monroe Doctrine PDF File Worksheet

**Westward Movement**

Not Yours to Give (1884) Printer Friendly Not Yours To Give Worksheet PDF File

From the Alamo by William Barret Travis Printer Friendly From the Alamo PDF File Worksheet

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