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Early Links

Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents From The Library of Congress.
What is a Puritan? The Character of an Old English Puritan, or Non-Conformist. First published in 1646.
A Student's History of American Literature From the colonial period to present years, by Edward Simonds Phd.
The Avalon Project : Pre 18th Century Documents Hyperlinked index of documents from the Yale Law School. Includes many important early American Colonial documents.
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.
The Contrast: by Royall Tyler (A Comedy ) The first play performed in America by professional actors.
Mayflower Compact The compact which established the first basis in the new world for written laws.
The Avalon Project : The Federalist Papers Divided by number and enhanced with related resources to the papers.
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.

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