Famous Speeches & Documents

Famous American Speeches & Documents

Colonial Period

Proclamation of Thanksgiving, (1726)

Early America

Treaty of Paris, (1782)
US Constitution, (1787)
Bill of Rights, (1791)

Nineteenth Century

Treaty of Ghent, (1814)
Monroe Doctrine, (1823)
A House Divided, (1858)
Emancipation Proclamation, (1863)
Gettysburg Address, (1863)
Malice Toward None, (1865)

Twentieth Century

Roosevelt Corollary, (1904)
Made Safe for Democracy, (1917)
Fear Itself, (1933)
Date of Infamy, (1941)
Military-Industrial Complex, (1961)
JFK Inauguration, (1961)
Cuban Missile Crisis Address, (1962)
Crisis In Confidence, (1979)
Tear Down This Wall, (1987)