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- Account of the Boston Massacre - English Captain, Thomas Preston, describes to his king a situation of near anarchy in which he and his men were forced to exercise crowd control, with the use of some musketry, in the colonies.
odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-1775/bostonmassacre/prest.htm
- An Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company - Establishment of a self-governing assembly in Virginia, 1621, complete text.
odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1601-1650/virginia/ordi.htm
- Early Plymouth Letters - Letters written by pilgrims at Plymouth, including William Bradford, Emmanuel Altham, and John Robinson.
members.aol.com/mayflo1620/letters.html
- Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - Text of American patriot Patrick Henry's historic speech. From the University of Oklahoma Law Center.
www.law.ou.edu/henry.html
- New England Articles of Confederation, 1643 - Complete text of the first attempt to unite the colonies of New England.
religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/colonies_of_ne_1643.html
- Stamps required by Stamp Act, 1765 - Images of actual stamps required by the 1765 Stamp Act. From Georgia Southern University.
www2.gasou.edu/special_collections/artifacts/stamps.html
- The Charter of New England : 1620 - Complete text of the British Charter for the settlement of New England.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/mass01.htm
- The First Virginia Charter - Complete text of the British Charter for the colonization of Virginia, 1606.
www.eaglering.com/foundations/virginia.html
- The Laws of Virginia 1610-1611 - From American History Online. Includes laws on blasphemy, uttering "traitorous words" against the king, church attendance, and sacrilege.
occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/garraty8e_awl/chapter1/medialib/primarysources2_2_2.html
- The Plymouth Colony Archive Project - Plymouth Colony Archive Project at the University of Virginia, presents a collection of browsable and searchable texts and analysis papers on the Plymouth Colony, 1620-1691.
www.people.virginia.edu/~jfd3a
- Virginia Colonial Records Project - Databases of primary source doucments at the Library of Virginia.
eagle.vsla.edu/colonial
- Virtualology.com: Articles of Confederation - Includes text, links, biographical information about each signer.
virtualology.com/virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofusa/articlesofconfederation
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