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Key Documents of Liberty: the American Revolution

This collection of Key Documents of Liberty documents the struggle to create free institutions from the ancient world to the modern. It is part of a series of Reading Lists which will include:

• Key Documents of Liberty: The Ancient and Medieval Periods
• Key Documents of Liberty: 17th Century England
• Key Documents of Liberty: 17th Century North America
• Key Documents of Liberty: the American Revolution
• Key Documents of Liberty: Writing the American Constitution
• Key Documents of Liberty: Interpreting the American Constitution

The documents were taken from the following works:

• Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998).
• The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002).
• Carl Lotus Becker, The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1922).
• The Writings of Thomas Paine, Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894).
• James McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000).

Additional readings and documents can be found in The Founders’ Constitution, edited by Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2001), 5 vols.

• 1744: Elisha Williams, THE ESSENTIAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF PROTESTANTS

  Ellis Sandoz, Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998). Vol. 1. Chapter: 3: Elisha Williams, THE ESSENTIAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF PROTESTANTS

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/816/69224 on 2010-02-10

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1763: Otis, The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved

  Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002). Chapter: The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/669/206126 on 2010-02-10

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1765: Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress

  Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002). Chapter: Resolutions of the Virginia House of Burgesses June 1765: Declarations of the Stamp Act Congress October 24, 1765

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/669/206122 on 2010-02-10

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1766: Jonathan Mayhew, THE SNARE BROKEN

  Ellis Sandoz, Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998). Vol. 1. Chapter: 8: Jonathan Mayhew, THE SNARE BROKEN

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/816/69235 on 2010-02-10

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1774: Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

  Bruce Frohnen, The American Republic: Primary Sources, ed. Bruce Frohnen (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2002). Chapter: Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress October 14, 1774

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/669/206140 on 2010-02-10

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1776: Drafting the Declaration of Independence

  Carl Lotus Becker, The Declaration of Independence: A Study on the History of Political Ideas (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1922). Chapter: CHAPTER IV: DRAFTING THE DECLARATION

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/1177/208850 on 2010-02-10

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1776: Hutchinson, Strictures upon the Declaration of Independence

  Source: This document has been made available in the corrected version made by Dr. Hans Eicholz. Original pagination is given in brackets [], designating the beginning of each page. Spelling and punctuation has been kept the same, and all letters have been changed to the modern style. Where Hutchinson’s quotation of the Declaration departs from the actual document, the actual text is given in brackets.

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1130&Itemid=264 on 2010/1/3

• 1776: Thomas Paine, Common Sense

  Thomas Paine, The Writings of Thomas Paine, Collected and Edited by Moncure Daniel Conway (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894). Vol. 1. Chapter: XV.: COMMON SENSE.1

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/343/17023 on 2010-02-10

  The text is in the public domain.

• 1776: Virginia Bill of Rights

  James McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000). Chapter: APPENDIX F: Virginia Bill of Rights

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/679/68388 on 2010-02-10

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1776: John Witherspoon, THE DOMINION OF PROVIDENCE OVER THE PASSIONS OF MEN

  Ellis Sandoz, Political Sermons of the American Founding Era: 1730-1805, 2 vols, Foreword by Ellis Sandoz (2nd ed. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998). Vol. 1. Chapter: 17: John Witherspoon, THE DOMINION OF PROVIDENCE OVER THE PASSIONS OF MEN

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/816/69270 on 2010-02-10

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.

• 1778: Articles of Confederation

  James McClellan, Liberty, Order, and Justice: An Introduction to the Constitutional Principles of American Government (3rd ed.) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000). Chapter: APPENDIX I: Articles of Confederation (1778)

  Accessed from oll.libertyfund.org/title/679/68430 on 2010-02-10

  The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.