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Web Sites

A Student's History of American Literature - From the colonial period to present years, by Edward Simonds Phd.
www.bibliomania.com/Reference/Simonds/SHAL
Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents - From The Library of Congress.
lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
How To Read A 200-Year-Old Document and Other FAQs - Tips and hints for reading Early American documents, with a brief but helpful glossary.
earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/howto.html
Mayflower Compact - The compact which established the first basis in the new world for written laws.
www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/mayflower.htm
The Avalon Project : 18th Century Documents - From the 1754 Albany Plan of Union to the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion, comes Yale Law School's hyperlinked index of important 18th Century American documents. Also includes a site search engine by Alta Vista.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/18th.htm
The Avalon Project : Pre 18th Century Documents - Hyperlinked index of documents from the Yale Law School. Includes many important early American Colonial documents.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/pre18.htm
The Avalon Project : The Federalist Papers - Divided by number and enhanced with related resources to the papers.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed.htm
The Contrast: by Royall Tyler (A Comedy ) - The first play performed in America by professional actors.
etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new?id=TylCont&tag=public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&part=0
What is a Puritan? - The Character of an Old English Puritan, or Non-Conformist. First published in 1646.
www.cet.com/~mtr/GereeChar.html