Government Documents

Governments can be constitutional monarchies, dictatorships, federal republics, parliamentary democracies, constitutional republics. More than a system of rules and regulations, they help civilized people to live together peacefully. These stories explore different forms of government.

Case study detailing American life during the great depression. Click on the image for a better view.

This is the first page of Charles Schenck's anti-draft leaflet which caused him to be charged with sedition against the United States. His case, asse...

After Washington addressed the Congress, tendering his resignation as commander-in-chief and returning his original commission, the president of Congr...

Thomas Mifflin, president of the Congress in December of 1783, accepted General Washington’s resignation.  This is page two of the report, ...

Image of the front page of the Columbian Centinel, dated June 2, 1792 in Boston, Massachusetts. It published an article announcing the The First Natio...

In the case of the United States v Susan B. Anthony, a federal marshal was ordered to collect $204.41 from the Defendant Anthony to satisfy the judgme...

Image of the Court Clerk's report listing the witnesses in the case of the United States vs. Susan B. Anthony.

FDR did not use "infamy" in his first-draft as this original shows.

John Randolph (1773-1833), from Virginia, opposed admitting Missouri as a "free" state not because he approved of slavery but because he disapproved o...

On the 14th of October, 1774, the First Continental Congress declared their opposition to Parliament’s Coercive (Intolerable) Acts. This excerpt...

The original Declaration of War issued on November 4, 1811. Click on the image for a better view.

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