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Open Anthology of the American Revolution
Introduction
Questions to Guide Your Reading
Starving Time
Capt. John Smith
An Indentured Servant's Letter Home
Richard Frethorne
Bacon's Manifesto
Nathaniel Bacon
Early Education Laws
Limits of Toleration
Nathaniel Ward
Prologue to "The Tenth Muse"
Anne Bradstreet
Connecticut's "Blue Laws"
Records of the Trial and Execution of Sarah Good
Two Letters of Gov. William Phips
William Phips
Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England
The Navigation Act of 1660
British Parliament
Commission of Sir Edmund Andros for the Dominion of New England
King James II
Boston Revolt of 1689
King William III and Simon Bradstreet
Bars Fight
Lucy Terry
Albany Plan of Union
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson
The Way to Wealth
Benjamin Franklin
Second Treatise of Government
John Locke
Chart of Battles, Leaders, and Congresses During the Revolutionary War
Records of Commissions of the Legislative Branch
Petition from the Massachusetts House of Representatives to the House of Commons (in response to the Sugar Act)
Patrick Henry's Resolutions Against the Stamp Act
Patrick Henry
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, To the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
After the Boston Tea Party: Cartoons
Philip Dawe and Paul Revere
Continental Congress's Declaration of Rights and Grievances against Great Britain
The First Continental Congress
Articles of Association
The Alternative of Williamsburg
Philip Dawe
Petition of the New York Assembly to George III
General Assembly of the Colony of New York
Address from Joseph Warren
Joseph Warren
The Charlotte Town Resolves
The Olive Branch Petition
The Second Continental Congress
His Excellency General Washington
Phyllis Wheatley
Oath of Allegiance to the King George III
Letter from George Washington to John Hancock
George Washington
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Resolve of the Continental Congress Regarding State Governments
Richard Henry Lee Resolution for Independence
Richard Henry Lee
Appointment of Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams to Draft the Declaration of Independence
Adoption of the Lee Resolution
The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America
Thomas Jefferson and The Second Continental Congress
The American Crisis
Draft Notice
Treaty of Alliance with France
C.A. Gerard; Benjamin Franklin; Silas Deanne; and Arthur Lee
Address of the Congress to the Inhabitants of the United States of America
Henry Laurens
Establishment of the American Army
Marquis de Lafayette's Oath of Allegiance
Letter of John Adams to the President of Congress
John Adams
Details from a Providence (RI) Town Meeting About Quartering of Troops
Letter from Elizabeth Burgin to Reverend James Calville
Elizabeth Burgin
Letter from General George Washington to Congress Announcing the Victory at Yorktown, Virginia
Benjamin Franklin's Draft of Preliminary Articles of Peace
Treaty of Paris
Minutes of a Conference between George Washington and Guy Carleton
George Washington and Guy Carleton
Letter from Joseph Warren to Benjamin Franklin
Articles of Confederation
Northwest Ordinance
Confederation Congress of the United States
Thomas Walke's Account of Capturing his Runaway Slaves in New York City
Thomas Walke
General Washington's Instructions to Commissioners of Embarkation
Letter from Embarkation Commissioners to General Washington
Egbert Benson and Daniel Parker
An Address to the Negroes In the State of New-York
Jupiter Hammon
Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery
Ottobah Cugoano
Testimony of Deborah Sampson Gannett
Deborah Sampson Gannett
Appendix 1: More Readings
February 16, 1775
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