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The Case for Independence

Constitutional Convention

Debate and Ratification

Bill of Rights

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1629

1649

1663

1664

1665

1669

1689

1701

1764

1771

1774

1775

1776

1777

1780

1783

1787

1788

1789

1791

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1818

1825

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Agrippa

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton & James Madison

British Parliament

Brutus

Cato

Centinel

Confederation Congress

Constitutional Convention

David Brearley

Edmund Randolph

Elbridge Gerry

Federal Farmer

George Mason

George Read

George Washington

Harrisburg Meeting

James Madison & John Jay

James Madison & Thomas Jefferson

James Madison, Jr.

James McClurg

James McHenry

James Monroe

James Otis

James Wilson

Jeremiah Wadsworth

John Adams

John Dickinson

John Jay

John Lansing

John Tucker

Jonas Phillips

Joseph Jones

Journals of the Continental Congress

Nathan Dane

Nathaniel Gorham

Old Whig

Oliver Ellsworth

Pennsylvania Minority

R.D. Spaight

Richard Bland

Richard Henry Lee

Robert Yates

Samuel Adams

Samuel Bryan

Senate

State Conventions

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas McKean

Thomas Paine

United States Congress

Virginia Constitutional Convention

William Jackson

William Paterson

William Pierce

William Russell Birch

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Act I, Introduction: The First Continental Congress

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article

The Case for Independence

The Declaration of Independence

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document

Bill of Rights, The Case for Independence

Journals of the Continental Congress

Journals of the Continental Congress

Major Themes in the Adoption of the Bill of Rights

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Bill of Rights

Adoption of the Ten Amendments

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article

Bill of Rights

The Four Stages of Approval of the Bill of Rights

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article

Bill of Rights

Debates in the First Congress: The Five Dimensions of Development

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article

Bill of Rights

Anticipating the Bill of Rights in the First Congress

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article

Bill of Rights

Rights Secured in the Constitution prior to the Bill of Rights

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article

Bill of Rights

Origins of the Bill of Rights Series: The State and Continental Roots of the Bill of Rights

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article

Bill of Rights

Origins of the Bill of Rights Series: English and Colonial Roots of the U.S. Bill of Rights

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article

Bill of Rights