American History : A Documentary Record

1492 - Priviledges and Prerogatives Granted by Their Catholic Majesties to Christopher Columbus; April 30

1498 - The Letters Patents of King Henry the Seventh Granted unto Iohn Cabot and his Three Sonnes, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancius for the the Discouerie of New and Unknowen Lands; March 5

1578 - Letters Patent to Sir Humfrey Gylberte June 11

1584 - Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh; March 25

1603 - Charter of Acadia Granted by Henry IV of France to Pierre du Gast, Sieur de Monts; December 18

1606 - The First Charter of Virginia; April 10

1609 - The Second Charter of Virginia; May 23

1611 - The Third Charter of Virginia; March 12

1614 - General Charter for Those who Discover Any New Passages, Havens, Countries, or Places; March 27

1614 - Grant of Exclusive Trade to New Netherland by the States-General of the United Netherlands; October 11

1619/20 - Petition for a Charter of New England by the Northern Company of Adventurers; March 3

1620 - Charter of New England; November 3

1620 - Mayflower Compact; November 11

1621 - Charter of the Dutch West India Company; June 3

1621 - Ordinances for Virginia; July 24-August 3

1622 - A Grant of the Province of Maine to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and John Mason, esq., August 10

1624 - Warrant for William Ussling to Establish a General Company for Trade to Asia, Africa, America and Magellanica; December 21

1626 - Charter of Privileges which Gustavus Adolphus Has Graciously Given by Letters Patent to the Newly Established Swedish South Company; June 14

1626 - Notification of the Purchase of Manhattan by the Dutch; November 5

1629 - Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford and His Associates; January 13

1629 - Grant of Land North of the Saco River to Thomas Lewis and Richard Bonighton by the Council for New England; February 12

1629 - The Charter of Massachusetts Bay; March 4

1629 - Sir Robert Heath's Patent 5 Charles 1st; October, 30

1629 - Grant of Hampshire to Capt. John Mason, November 7

1629 - Grant of Laconia to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John Mason by the Council for New England; November 17

1632 - Charter of Maryland; June 20

1634 - Royal Commission for Regulating Plantations; April 28

1635 - Confirmation of the Grant from the Council for New England to Captain John Mason

1635 - Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to John Wollaston, Esq., April 18

1635 - Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to Mr. Mason, By the Name of Masonia; April 22

1635 - Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to Mr. Mason, By the Name of New Hampshire; April 22

1635 - Declaration for Resignation of the Charter by the Council for New England; April 25

1635 - The Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to His Majesty; June 7

1635 - Grant of the Province of New Hampshire From Mr. Wollaston to Mr. Mason, June 11

1635 - Grant of His Interest in New Hampshire by Sir Ferdinando Gorges to Captain John Mason; September 17

1637 - Proclamation Against the Disorderly Transporting His Majesty's subjects to the Plantations Within the Parts of America; April 30

1637 - Commission to Sir Ferdinando Gorges as Governor of New England by Charles; July 23

1639 - Fundamental Orders; January 14

1639 - Grant of the Province of Maine; April 3

1639 - Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony of New Haven, June 4

1639 - Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire, August 4

1640 - William Bradford, &c. Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth Colony to the Freeman; March 2

1640 - Plantation Agreement at Providence; August 27 - September 6,

1641 - Government of Rhode Island-March 16-19

1641 - The Combinations of the Inhabitants Upon the Piscataqua River for Government, October 22

1643 - Patent for Providence Plantations - March 14

1643 - The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England; May 19

1643 - Government of New Haven Colony; October 27 - November 6

1649 - Maryland Toleration Act; September 21

1662 - Charter of Connecticut; April 23

1663 - Charter of Carolina : March 24

1663 - Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - July 15

1663 - A Declaration and Proposals of the Lord Proprietor of Carolina, Aug. 25-Sept. 4

1664 - The Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, to and With All and Every the Adventurers and All Such as Shall Settle or Plant There; February 10

1664 - Grant of the Province of Maine; March 12

1664 - The Duke of York's Release to John Ford Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret; June 24

1665 - Concessions and Agreements of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina

1665 - Charter of Carolina; June 30

1669 - The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina : March 1

1672 - A Declaration of the True Intent and Meaning of us the Lords Proprietors, and Explanation of There Concessions Made to the Adventurers and Planters of New Caesarea or New Jersey; December 6

1674 - Grant of the Province of Maine; June 29

1674 - His Royal Highness's Grant to the Lords Proprietors, Sir George Carteret; July 29

1676 - The Charter or Fundamental Laws, of West New Jersey, Agreed Upon

1676 - Quintipartite Deed of Revision, Between E. and W Jersey: July 1

1680 - Duke of York's Second Grant to William Penn, Gawn Lawry, Nicholas Lucas, John Eldridge, Edmund Warner, and Edward Byllynge, for the Soil and Government of West New Jersey; August 6

1680 - Commission of John Cutt; September 18

1681 - Concessions to the Province of Pennsylvania - July 11

1681 - Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania; February 28

1681 - Province of West New-Jersey, in America; November 25

1682 - Duke of York's Confirmation to the 24 Proprietors; March 14

1682 - Penn's Charter of Libertie; April 25

1682 - Frame of Government of Pennsylvania; May 5

1683 - Frame of Government of Pennsylvania: February 2

1683 - The Fundamental Constitutions for the Province of East New Jersey in America

1683 - The King's Letter Recognizing the Proprietors' Right to the Soil and Government ; November 23

1688 - Resolutions of The Germantown Mennonites; February 18

1688 - Commission of Sir Edmund Andros for the Dominion of New England; April 7

1691 - The Charter of Massachusetts Bay; October 7

1696 - Frame of Government of Pennsylvania

1701 - Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, esq. to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories, October 28

1701 - Charter of Delaware; October 28

1702 - Surrender from the Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, of Their Pretended Right of Government to Her Majesty; April 15

1709 - The Queen's Acceptance of the Surrender of Government; April 17

1712 - Charles II's Grant of New England to the Duke of York, 1676 - Exemplified by Queen Anne; October 30

1725 - Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay; August 26

1732 - Charter of Georgia; June 9

1754 - Albany Plan of Union; June

1764 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Currency Act; April 19

1764 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Sugar Act; September 29

1764 - Petition from the Massachusetts House of Representatives to the House of Commons; November 3

1764 - Petition of the Virginia House of Burgesses to the House of Commons: December 18

1765 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Stamp Act, March 22

1765 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Quartering Act; May 15

1765 - Resolves of the Pennsylvania Assembly on the Stamp Act, September 21

1765 - Resolutions of the Congress of 1765; October 19

1765 - New York Merchants Non-importation Agreement; October 31

1765 - Connecticut Resolutions on the Stamp Act: December 10

1766 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Declaratory Act; March 18

1766 - Great Britain : Parliament - An Act Repealing the Stamp Act; March 18

1767 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Townshend Act, November 20

1768 - Boston Non-Importation Agreement, August 1

1768 - Resolutions of the Boston Town Meeting; September 13

1769 - Charleston Non-Importation Agreement; July 22

1768 - Massachusetts Circular Letter to the Colonial Legislatures; February 11

1768 - Circular Letter to the Governors in America; April 21

1773 - Virginia Resolutions Establishing A Committee of Correspondence; March 12

1773 - Resolutions of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Agreeing to the Virginia Proposal; May 28

1773 - The Philadelphia Resolutions; October 16

1773 - Association of the Sons of Liberty in New York; December 15

1774 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Boston Port Act : March 31

1774 - Circular Letter of the Boston Committee of Correspondence; May 13

1774 - Proceedings of Farmington, Connecticut, on the Boston Port Act; May 19

1774 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Administration of Justice Act; May 20

1774 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Massachusetts Government Act; May 20

1774 - Letter from the New York Committee of Fifty-One to the Boston Committee of Correspondence; May 23

1774 - Letter from Lieutenant-Governor Colden to the Earl of Dartmouth; June 1

1774 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Quartering Act; June 2

1774 - Proceedings of the Inhabitants of Philadelphia; June 18

1774 - The Association of the Virginia Convention; August 1-6

1774 - Great Britain : Parliament - The Quebec Act: October 7,

1774 - Declarations and Resolves of the First Continental Congress; October 14

1774 - The Articles of Association; October 20

1775 - Resolutions of the Provincial Congress of Virginia; March 23

1775 - Patrick Henry - Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death; March 23

1775 - The Mecklenburgh Resolutions; May 20

1775 - The Charlotte Town Resolves; May 31

1775 - Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms; July 6

1775 - Resolution of Secrecy Adopted by the Continental Congress, November 9

1776 - Constitution of New Hampshire; January 5

1776 - Constitution of South Carolina - March 26

1776 - Preamble and Resolution of the Virginia Convention, May 15

1776 - Draft Constitution for Virginia; June

1776 - Lee's Resolution; June 7

1776 - Virginia Declaration of Rights; June 12

1776 - The Constitution of Virginia; June 29

1776 - Constitution of New Jersey; July 2

1776 - Declaration of Independence; July 4

1776 - Plan of the Treaties with France of 1778; September 17

1776 - Treaties with France : Instructions to the Agent September 24

1776 - Constitution of Delaware; September 21

1776 - Constitution of Pennsylvania - September 28

1776 - Constitution of Maryland; November 11

1776 - Constitution of North Carolina; December 18

1777 - Constitution of Georgia; February 5

1777 - Constitution of New York; April 20

1777 - Constitution of Vermont; July 8

1777 - Articles of Convention Between Lieutenant-General Burgoyne and Major General Gates; October 16

1778 - France : Treaties of 1778 and Associated Documents

1778 - Exchange of Notes Referring to Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce with France of February 6, 1778

1778 - Constitution of South Carolina - March 19

1778 - Ratification of the Treaties with France - Debates in Congress; May 2-6

1778 - Treaty With the Delawares; September 17

1780 - An Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery - Pennsylvania; March 1

1781 - Articles of Confederation; March 1

1781 - Articles of Capitulation; October 18

1782 - Contract Between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America, signed at Versailles July 16, 1782

1782 - Preliminary Articles of Peace; November 30

1783 - Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities Jan. 20

1783 - Contract between the King and the Thirteen United States of North America February 25

1783 - Proclamation Declaring the Cesssation of Arms; April 11

1783 - The Paris Peace Treaty 1783 and Associated Documents

1784 - Report on Government for Western Territory; March 1

1784 - Treaty With the Six Nations; October 22

1785 - Treaty With the Wyandot, etc.; January 21

1785 - Treaty of Amity and Commerce With His Majesty the King of Prussia; September 10

1785 - Treaty With The Cherokee; November 28

1786 - Treaty With the Chocktaw; January 3

1786 - Treaty With the Chickasaw; January 10

1786 - Resolution of the General Assembly of Virginia, January 21

1786 - Treaty With the Shawnee; January 31

1786 - Treaty of Peace and Friendship With Morocco; June 28 and July 15

1786 - Constitution of Vermont; July 4

1786 - Proceedings of Commissioners to Remedy Defects of the Federal Government Annapolis Maryland; September 11-14

1787 - Report of Proceedings in Congress; February 21

1787 - Credentials of the Members of the Federal Convention. Commonwealth of Massachusetts; April 9

1787 - Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented to the Federal Convention, Text A; May 29.

1787 - Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented to the Federal Convention, Text B; May 29.

1787 - Variant Texts of the Virginia Plan, Presented to the Federal Convention, Text C; May 29.

1787 - The Plan of Charles Pinckney (South Carolina), Presented to the Federal Convention, May 29

1787 - Variant Texts of the Patterson Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, Text A; June 15

1787 - Variant Texts of the Patterson Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, Text B; June 15

1787 - Variant Texts of the Patterson Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, Text C; June 15

1787 - Variant Texts of the Hamilton Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, Text. A; June 18

1787 - Variant Texts of the Hamilton Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, Text. B; June 18

1787 - Variant Texts of the Hamilton Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, Text. C; June 18

1787 - Variant Texts of the Hamilton Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, Text. D; June 18

1787 - Variant Texts of the Hamilton Plan Presented to the Federal Convention, Text. E; June 18

1787 - Credentials of the members of the Federal Convention : State of New Hampshire; June 27

1787 - Madison's Notes on Debates in the Federal Convention : May - September

1787 - Notes of Alexander Hamilton in the Federal Convention; June 1 - 26

1787 - Notes of Rufus King in the Federal Convention; May 31 - August 8

1787 - Northwest Ordinance; July 13

1787 - United States Constitution; September 17

1787 - Letter of the President of the Federal Convention to the President of Congress, Transmitting the Constitution; September 17

1787 - Resolution of the Federal Convention Submitting the Constitution to Congress, September 17

1787 - Resolution of Congress Submitting the Constitution To the Several States; September 28

1787 - Circular Letter of the Secretary of Congress Transmitting Copy of the Constitution to the Several Governors; September 28

1787 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Delaware; December 7

1787 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Pennsylvania; December 12

1787 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New Jersey; December 18

1788 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Georgia; January 2

1788 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Connecticut; January 8

1788 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Massachusetts; February 6

1788 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Maryland; April 28

1788 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of South Carolina; May 23

1788 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New Hampshire; June 21

1788 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Virginia; June 26

1788 - Resolution of Congress Submitting Ratifications of the Constitution to a Committee; July 2

1788 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York; July 26

1788 - Resolution of the Congress Fixing Date for Election of a President, and the Organization of the Government Under the Constitution, in the City of New York; September 13

1788 - Convention Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of Consuls and Vice Consuls, signed at Versailles November 14, 1788.

1789 - Treaty With the Wyandot, etc., ; January 9

1789 - Treaty With the Six Nations; January 9

1789 - Resolution of the First Congress Submitting Twelve Amendments to the Constitution; March 4

1789 - Washington's First Inaugural Address; April 30

1789 - The Judiciary Act; September 24

1789 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of North Carolina; November 21

1790 - Washington's First Annual Message to Congress; January 8

1790 - Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Rhode Island; May 29

1790 - Treaty With the Creeks; August 7

1790 - Washington's Second Annual Message to Congress; December 8

1791 - Treaty With the Cherokee; July 2

1791 - Washington's Third Annual Message to Congress; October 25

1792 - Washington's Fourth Annual Message to Congress; November 6

1793 - Washington's Second Inaugural Address; March 4

1793 - The Proclamation of Neutrality; April 22

1793 - Washington's Fifth Annual Message to Congress; December 3

1794 - Treaty With the Cherokee; June 26

1794 - The Whiskey Rebellion; August 7

1794 - Treaty With the Six Nations; November 11

1794 - The Jay Treaty; November 19

1794 - Washington's Sixth Annual Message to Congress; November 19

1794 - Treaty With the Oneida, etc.; December 2

1795 - Greenville, Treaty of; August 3

1795 - Treaty of Peace and Amity With Algeria; September 5

1795 - Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation With Spain; October 27

1795 - Washington's Seventh Annual Message to Congress; December 8

1796 - Explanatory Article to Article 3 of the Jay Treaty May 5

1796 - Washington's Farewell Address

1796 - Treaty of Peace and Friendship With Tripoli; November 4

1796 - Washington's Eighth Annual Message to Congress; December 7

1797 - John Adam's Inaugural Address; March 4

1797 - Treaty of Peace and Friendship With Tunis; August 28

1797 - John Adam's First Annual Message; November 22

1798 - Explanatory Article to Article 5 of the Jay Treaty March 15

1798 - The Alien and Sedition Acts : July 6 and 14

1798 - Declaration of the Commissioners under Article 5 of the Jay Treaty October 25

1798 - John Adam's Second Annual Message; December 8

1798 - Virginia Resolution : December 24

1799 - Kentucky Resolution : December 3

1799 - John Adams' Third Annual Message; December 3

1800 - Convention With France; September 30

1800 - John Adam's Fourth Annual Message; November 22

1801 - Jefferson's First Inaugural Address; March 4

1801 - Jefferson's First Annual Message; December 8

1802 - Convention Regarding Articles 6 and 7 of the Jay Treaty and Article 4 of the Definitive Treaty of Peace January 8

1802 - Convention for Indemnification With Spain; August 11

1802 - Jefferson's Second Annual Message; December 15

1803 - Louisiana Purchase Treaty; April 30

1803 - Jefferson's Third Annual Message; October 17

1804 - Jefferson's Fourth Annual Message; November 8

1805 - Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address; March 4

1805 - Jefferson's Fifth Annual Message; December 3

1806 - Jefferson's Sixth Annual Message; December 2

1807 - An Act to Provide for Surveying the Coasts of the United States; February 10

1807 - Jefferson's Seventh Annual Message; October 27

1808 - Jefferson's Eighth Annual Message; November 8

1809 - James Madison's First Inaugural Address; March 4

1812 - Declaration of War With Great Britain; June 18

1813 - James Madison's Second Inaugural Address; March 4

1813 - Cartel for the exchange of prisoners of war with Great Britain; May 12

1814 - Treaty of Ghent with Great Britian; December 24

1815 - Treaty of Peace With Algeria; June 30 And July 3

1815 - Convention With Great Britian and Associated Documents; July 3

1816 - Treaty of Peace and Amity With Algeria; December 22 and 23

1817 - James Monroe's First Inaugural Address; March 4

1817 - Exchange of Notes Relative to Naval Forces on the American Lakes; April 28-29

1818 - Convention With Great Britian; October 20

1819 - Treaty of Amity, Settlement, and Limits With His Catholic Majesty; February 22

1819 - Constitution of Alabama; December 6

1821 - James Monroe's Second Inaugural Address; March 5

1823 - Monroe Doctrine; December 2

1824 - Convention of 1824 Amending the Treaty of August 1797, and March 26, 1799 With Tunis; February 24

1825 - Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams; March 4

1826 - Cemetery in Algiers; March 21

1828 - Treaty With The Potawatami; September 20

1828 - Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation with Brazil; December 12

1829 - First Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson; March 4

1829 - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation With Austria-Hungary; August 27

1832 - Convention of Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation with Chile; May 16

1832 - Treaty With the Potawatami; October 26

1832 - South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, November 24

1832 - Andrew Jackson's Proclamation on Nullification, December 10

1833 - Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson; March 4

1833 - Additional Convention to the Treaty of 1832 with Chile; September 1

1836 - The Texas Declaration of Independence : March 2

1836 - Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin, Louisville, Kentucky, March 7

1836 - Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Navigation and Commerce Between the United States and Venezuela; May 31

1836 - Treaty of Peace With Morocco; September 16

1837 - Inaugural Address of Martin Van Buren; March 4

1838 - Texas-American Convention to Terminate Reclamations; April 11

1838 - Texas-American Boundary Convention; April 25

1839 - Samoa: Commerce, Consular Rights, Shipping; November 5

1841 - Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison; March 4

1841 - Convention with Peru for the Satisfaction of Claims of American Citizens; March 17

1842 - The Webster-Ashburton Treaty and Associated Documents; August 9

1843 - Convention for the surrender of Criminals With France and Associated Documents; November 9

1844 - Convention for the Mutual Abolition of the Droit d'Aubaine and Taxes on Emigration With the Grand Duchy of Hesse; March 26

1844 - Texas Treaty of Annexation; April 12

1845 - Convention for the Mutual Abolition of the Droit d'Aubaine and Taxes on Emigration With his Majesty the King of Bavaria; January 21

1845 - Inaugural Address of James Polk; March 4

1845 - Convention with Saxony for the Mutual Abolition of the Droit d'Aubaine and Taxes on Emigration; May 14

1845 - Joint Resolution of the Congress of the United States for the Annexation of Texas; March 1

1845 - Joint Resolution of the Congress of Texas; June 23

1845 - Ordinance of the Convention of Texas; July 4

1845 - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Belgium : November 10

1845 - Treaty with the Two Sicilies; December 1

1846 - Convention for the Mutual Abolition of the Droit d'Aubaine and Taxes on Emigration With his Royal Highness the Duke of Nassau; May 27

1846 - Treaty with Hanover of Commerce and Navigation; June 10

1846 - Treaty with Great Britain, in Regard to Limits Westward of the Rocky Mountains; June 15

1846 - Laws for the Government of the Territory of New Mexico; September 22

1846 - Bill of Rights for the Territory of New Mexico; September 22

1847 - Declaration of Accession of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Under the Twelfth Article of the Treaty with Hanover. March 10

1848 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; February 2

1848 - Convention Relative to Disposal of Property and Consular Jurisdiction With Austria-Hungary; May 8,

1848 - Postal Convention with Great Britain; December 15

1849 - Claims Convention with Brazil; January 27

1849 - Inaugural Address of Zachary Taylor; March 5

1850 - Clayton-Bulwer Treaty; April 19

1850 - Fugitive Slave Act; September 18

1850 - Convention of Friendship, Commerce and Extradition Between the United States and Switzerland; November 25

1852 - Treaty with the Apache, July 1

1853 - Treaty with the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache; July 27

1853 - Convention With Great Britain; February 8

1853 - Inaugural Address of Franklin Pierce; March 4

1853 - Treaty for the Free Navigation of the Rivers Parana and Uruguay With Argentina; July 10

1853 - Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation With Argentina; July 27

1853 - Extradition Convention with Bavaria; September 13

1853 - Treaty With Mexico; December 30

1854 - Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan; March 31

1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Act; May 30

1856 - Extradition Convention with Austria-Hungary; July 3

1857 - Extradition Convention with Baden; January 30

1857 - Inaugural Address of James Buchanan; March 4

1858 - Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with Bolivia; May 13

1858 - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Belgium : June 17

1858 - Convention for Arbitration of Macedonian Claims with Chile; November 10

1859 - A Plea for Captain John Brown by Henry David Thoreau; October 30

1860 - Democratic Party Platform; June 18

1860 - Amendments Proposed in Congress by Senator John J. Crittenden, December 18

1860 - South Carolina : Declaration of Secession; December 24

1861 - Constitution of Alabama; January 7

1861 - Georgia : Declaration of Secession; January 29

1861 - Texas : Declaration of Secession; February 2,

1861 - Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States of America; February 8

1861 - Amendments Proposed by the Peace Conference, February 8-27

1861 - First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln; March 4

1861 - Constitution of the Confederate States of America; March 11

1861 - Extradition Treaty with Mexico; December 11

1861 - Postal Convention with Mexico; December 11

1862 - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation With the Ottoman Empire; February 25

1862 - Treaty With Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade; April 7

1862 - Homestead Act; May 20

1862 - Emancipation Proclamation; September 22

1863 - Additional Article to the Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade With Great Britain; February 17

1863 - Instructions For the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field by Francis Lieber; April 24

1863 - Convention with Belgium Relative to Import Duties and Capitalization of Scheldt Dues: May 20

1863 - Treaty for the Final Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Agricultural Companies With Great Britain; July 1

1863 - Convention with Belgium for the Extinguishment of the Scheldt Dues: July 20

1863 - Gettysburg Address; November 19

1863 - Agreement Concerning Admission of Tobacco with Austria-Hungary; December 24

1864 - Simonoseki Indemnities : October 22

1865 - Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln; March 4

1865 - Cape Spartel Lighthouse - May 31

1865 - Treaty with the Cheyenne and Arapaho; October 14

1865 - Treaty with the Apache, Cheyenne, and Arapaho; October 17

1867 - Russian Treaty; March 30

1867 - Treaty With the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache; October 21

1868 - Fort Laramie Treaty; April 29

1868 - Naturalization Treaty with Bavaria; May 26

1868 - Naturalization Convention with Baden; July 19

1868 - Naturalization Convention with Belgium: November 16

1868 - Convention with Belgium Concerning the Rights, Privileges, and Immunities of Consuls: December 5,

1870 - Consular Convention with Austria-Hungary; July 11

1870 - Naturalization Convention with Austria-Hungary; September, 20

1871 - Trade-Mark Convention with Austria-Hungary; November 25

1874 - Extradition Convention with Belgium: March 19

1874 - General Postal Union; October 9

1875 - Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Belgium: March 8

1878 - Agreement Concerning Trade-Marks with Brazil; September 24

1880 - Consular Convention with Belgium: March 9

1882 - Chinese Exclusion Act; May 6

1882 - Extradition Convention with Belgium: June 13

1884 - Trade-mark Convention with Belgium: April 7

1887 - Dawes Act; February, 8

1892 - Claims Convention with Chile; August 7

1896 - Extradition Convention With Argentina; September 26

1897 - Extradition Convention and Protocol with Brazil; May 14

1897 - Protocol in Regard to the Claim of Patrick Shields Against the Government of Chile; May 24

1897 - Convention with Chile to Revive the Convention of August 7, 1892, to Adjust Amicably the Claims of Citizens of Either Country Against the Other ; May 24

1898 - Treaty of Peace With Spain; December 10

1900 - Extradition Treaty with Chile; April 17

1900 - Extradition Convention with Bolivia; April 21

1901 - Extradition Convention with Belgium: October 26

1902 - Protocol with Brazil Submitting to Arbitration the Claim of George C. Benner Et Al.; September 6

1903 - Agreement Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and Naval stations; February 23

1903 - Lease to the United States by the Government of Cuba of Certain Areas of Land and Water for Naval or Coaling Stations in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda; July 2

1903 - Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal (Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty), November 18

1907 - Copyright Proclamation with Austria-Hunagary; September 20

1909 - Arbitration Convention with Austria-Hungary; January 15

1918 - Wilson's Fourteen Points; January 8

1921 - Treaty between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, and Japan, Signed at Washington; December 13

1922 - Treaty between the United of States of America, Belgium, the British Empire, China, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and Portugal. Signed at Washington February 6

1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact; August 27

1933 - Additional Protocol to the General Convention of Inter-American Conciliation; December 26

1933 - Anti-war Treaty of Non-aggression and Conciliation (Saavedra Lamas Treaty); October 10

1933 - Inter-American Convention on Extradition; December 26

1933 - Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Women; December 26

1933 - Inter-American Convention on the Rights and Duties of States; December 26

1934 - Treaty Between the United States of America and Cuba; May 29

1936 - Inter-American Declaration on the Juridical Personality of Foreign Companies; June 25

1936 - Monetary Stabilization; September 25

1936 - Declaration of Principles of Inter-American Solidarity and Cooperation; December 21

1940 - Havana Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, July 21-30

1941 - Atlantic Charter; August 9-12

1942 - Rio De Janiero Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, January 15-28

1942 - Master Lend-Lease Agreement; February 23

1942 - Anglo-American Mutual Aid Agreement : February 28

1942 - Mutual Aid Agreement Between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : June 11

1943 - Casablanca Conference; February 12

1943 - The Quebec Conference, August 17-24

1943 - Fulbright Resolution; September 21

1943 - Moscow Conference; October

1943 - Connally Resolution, November 5

1943 - Cairo Conference; November

1943 - Tehran Conference, November 28-December 1

1944 - Declaration by the Secretary of the Treasury on Gold Policy; February 22

1945 - Yalta Conference, February 11

1945 - Agreement Relating to Prisoners of War and Civilians Liberated by Forces Operating Under Soviet Command and Forces Operating Under United States of America Command; February 11

1945 - Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance and Solidarity (Act of Chapultepec); March 6

1945 - Potsdam Conference, July 17-August 2

1945 - International Organizations Immunities Act, December 9

1945 - United Nations Participation Act, December 20

1946 - Participation in UNESCO, July 30

1947 - Treaty of Peace with Bulgaria, February 10

1947 - Treaty of Peace with Romania, February 10

1947 - Truman Doctrine; March 12

1947 - Participation in IRO, July 1

1947 - Rio De Janeiro Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Security, (The Rio Treaty) August 15-September 2

1948 - Bogota Conference of American States, Charter of the Organization of American States; March 30-May 2

1948 - American Treaty on Pacific Settlement (Pact of Bogota); April 30

1948 - Participation in WHO, June 14

1949 - North Atlantic Treaty; April 4

1949 - Waging Peace in the Americas : Address by Secretary Acheson; September 19

1949 - Amendment of United Nations Participation Act, October 10

1951 - Defense of Greenland: Agreement Between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, April 27

1951 - Defense of Iceland: Agreement Between the United States and the Republic of Iceland, May 5

1951 - Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines; August 30

1951 - Security Treaty Between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand (ANZUS); September 1

1951 - Military Facilities in the Azores: Agreement Between Portugal and the United States, September 6

1951 - Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan; September 8

1951 - Military Assistance Agreement Between the United States and Yugoslavia, November 14

1953 - Military Facilities in Spain: Agreement Between the United States and Spain, September 26

1953 - Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea; October 1

1953 - United States Use of Defense Facilities: Agreement Between the United States and the Kingdom of Greece, October 12

1954 - Caracas Declaration of Solidarity; March 28

1954 - Declaration of Caracas; March 28

1954 - United States Atomic Energy Commission. In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; May 27 - June 29

1954 - Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (Manila Pact); September 8

1954 - Protocol to the Manila Pact, September 8

1954 - Pacific Charter, September 8

1954 - Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of China; December 2

1959 - The Antartic Treaty, December 1

1960 - The U2 Incident; May 6-11

1960 - Declaration of San José; August 28

1960 - Act of Bogota; September 13

1960 - The RB-47 Airplane Incident : July-September

1961 - Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower

1963 - Equal Pay Act; June 10

1963 - Memorandum of Understanding Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Regarding the Establishment of a Direct Communications Link; June 20

1963 - I have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr; August 28

1964 - Tonkin Gulf Incident; August 5

1965 - Voting Rights Act; August 6

1967 - Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies; January 27

1970 - Protocol of Amendment to the Charter of the Organization of American States (Protocol of Buenos Aires); February 27

1971 - Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Measures to Improve the USA-USSR Direct Communications Link; September 30

1971 - Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics - September 30

1972 - Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas; May 25

1972 - Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missle Systems; May 26

1973 - War Powers Resolution; November 7

1984 - Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to Expand the USA-USSR Direct Communications Link; July 17

1988 - Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Notifications of Launches of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles; May 31

1990 - Americans with Disabilities Act; July 26

2001 - Executive Order Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty And Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense And the Secretary of Transportation; September 14

2001 - Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People (As Delivered Before Congress) 9:00 P.M. EDT; September 20

2001 - Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism; September 24

2001 - Executive Order Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council; October 8