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• Arts: Literature: World Literature: American: Early  (129)
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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.

The Charter of New England : 1620 - Complete text of the British Charter for the settlement of New England.

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death - Text of American patriot Patrick Henry's historic speech. From the University of Oklahoma Law Center.

An Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company - Establishment of a self-governing assembly in Virginia, 1621, complete text.

Organic Legal Documents - Text of various state charters, bills and declarations of rights, and related documents from 1776-1784.

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.

Virtualology.com: Articles of Confederation - Includes text, links, biographical information about each signer.