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HIST 119J / AMST 453: The United States Constitution of 1787: Documents on web from syllabus

This research guide is intended to assist students in their research projects for the course The United States Constitution of 1787, taught by Professor Mark Peterson during Spring term 2023 at Yale University.

Readings from syllabus that are freely accessible on the web

United States Constitution
Domesday Book, 1086 selections - Groton
Magna Carta, 1215
Edmund Burke, "Thoughts..." (1770)
First of two Massachusetts Charters - 1629
Second of two Massachusetts Charters - 1691
Charles McLean Andrews
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England's Bill of Rights, 1689
Jonathan Mayhew
George III, Royal Proclamation of 1763
Declaratory Act 1766
John Adams, Thoughts on Government (1776)
Virginia Constitution of 1776
Articles of Confederation, 1781
Land Ordinance of 1785
Northwest Ordinance, 1787