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| Articles of Confederation | the first constitution of the 13 American states |
| Civil Disobedience | the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes. |
| Common Sense | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that called for the United States to declare independence from Britain immediately. |
| Constitution | the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed, and the document embodying these principles. |
| Declaration of Independence | the public act by which the Second Continental Congress, on July 4, 1776, declared the Colonies to be free and independent of England. |
| Declaration of Sentiments | a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men, delegates to the first women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | one of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of individual rights and collective rights of all of the estates as one. Influenced by the doctrine of natural rights. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | the proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union. |
| Fifth Amendment | Gaurentees Right to remain silent. |
| First Amendment | Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech |
| Indian Removal Act | Jackson-era legislation authorizing the president to transfer Eastern Indian tribes to the western territories |
| Letter from a Birmingham Jail | a response to a statement made by eight white Alabama clergymen on April 12, 1963 titled "A Call For Unity" which agreed that social injustices were taking place but expressed the belief that the battle against racial segregation should be fought solely in the courts and not taken onto the streets |
| Mayflower Compact | bound them to live in a civil society according to their own laws. |
| Speech from St. John's Church | "Give Me Liberty or give me death" |
| Washington's Farewell Address | warned against entangling alliances and political parties |
| Lend-Lease Act | passed to allow the US to help out countries fighting against Nazi Germany |
| Zimmerman Telegram | Promised Mexico the Germany would support them if they attact the US |
| Missouri Compromise | set a line where free states were above it and slave states were below |
