-
Magna
Carta, 1215
-
The
Golden Bull of the Emperor Charles IV 1356 A.D.
-
Treaty
Between Spain and Portugal, Concluded at Alcacovas, September 4, 1479
SIXTEENTH CENTURY
- Richard
Hakluyt, Discourse of Western Planting, 1584
- Ralph
Lane, The Colony At Roanoke (1586)
- Thomas
Hariot, A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia (1588,1590)
- John
White , Return To Ronoake (1590)
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- The
Iroquois Constitution
- Samuel
de Champlain, Voyages, 1604
- Instructions
for the Virginia Colony, 1606
- The
First Virginia Charter, 1606
- The
Second Virginia Charter, 1609
- The
Third Virginia Charter, 1612
- Mayflower
Compact, 1620
- An
Ordinance and Constitution of the Virgina Company in England, 24
July 1621
- Charter
of Massachusetts Bay, 1629
- Petition
of Right, 1628
- The
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
- Treaty
of Westphlia; October 24, 1648
- The
Maryland Toleration Act, 1649
- Proclamation
of First Thanksgiving
- see Robert
Beverley on Bacon's Rebellion, 1704
- Governor
William Berkely on Bacon's Rebellion, 19 May 1676
- Bacon's
Declaration in the Name of the People, 30 July 1676
- Quintipartite
Deed of Revision, Between E. and W Jersey: July 1st, 1676
- Memoir...
Dangers That Threaten Canada and the Means to Remedy Them, January
1687
- Resolutions
of The Germantown Mennonites; February 18, 1688
- English
Bill of Rights, 1689
- Discourses
Upon Trade by Dudley North : 1691
-
Short
Observations on a Printed Paper, Entitled "For encouraging the
coining Silver Money in England, and after for keeping it here." by
John Locke
1695
-
Further
Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money by John Locke
1696
- Penn's
Plan for a Union, 1697
- An
Essay on the East-India Trade by Charles D'Avenant : 1697
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
- King
William Addresses Parliament on the French Question, 31 December
1701
- Robert
Beverley on Bacon's Rebellion, 1704
- The
North Carolina Biennal Act, 1715
- Massachusetts
House of Representatives on the Governor's Salary, 11 September 1728
- Governor
Burnet of Massachusetts on the Governor's Salary, 17 September 1728
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1733)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1734)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1735)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1736)
- Governor
Gabriel Johnston's request to repeal the Biennal act, 18 October 1736
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1737)
- 1737
- Disposition of the North Carolina Biennal Act
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1738)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1739)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1740)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1741)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1742)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1743)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1744)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1745)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1746)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard (1747)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard Improved (1748)
- Jonathan
Mayhew A Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and
Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers, 1750
- Petition
to Parliament: Reasons for making bar, as well as pig or sow-iron,
ca. 1750
- Petition
to Parliament: Reason against a general prohibition of the Iron
Manufacture in Plantations
- Memoir
on the English Aggression, October 1750
- Memoir
on the French Colonies in North America, December 1750
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard Improved (1752)
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard Improved (1753)
- Albany
Plan for a Union, 1754
- Samuel
Davies The Curse of Cowardice, 1758
- Franklin,
Benjamin: Poor Richard Improved (1759)
- Governor
Glen, The Role of the Indians in the Rivalry Between France, Spain,
and England, 1761
- Treaty
of Paris, 1763
- Daniel
Dulany, Considerations, October 1765
- Soame
Jenyns, The Objections to the taxation consider'd, 1765
- The
Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress, October 19, 1765
- William
Pitt's speech on the Stamp Act, January 14 1766
- John
Dickenson's Letter 2, from Letters from a Farmer, 1767-1768
- John
Dickenson's Letter 4, from Letters from a Farmer, 1767-1768
- Gottlieb
Mittelberger, On the Misfortune of Indentured Servants
- Benjamin
Franklin, How I Became a Printer in Philadelphia
General Charters
- 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
- 1619/20
- Petition for a Charter of New England by the Northern Company
of Adventurers; March 3
- 1621
- Charter of the Dutch West India Company; June 3
- 1629
- Grant of Land North of the Saco River to Thomas Lewis and
Richard Bonighton by the Council for New England; February 12
- 1629
- Sir Robert Heath's Patent 5 Charles 1st; October, 30
Connecticut
- 1639
- Fundamental Orders; January 14
- 1639
- Fundamental Agreement, or Original Constitution of the Colony
of New Haven, June 4
- 1643
- Government of New Haven Colony
- 1662
- Charter of Connecticut
Delaware
- 1701
- Charter of Delaware
- 1776
- Constitution of Delaware
Georgia
- 1732
- Charter of Georgia
- 1777
- Constitution of Georgia; February 5
Maine
- 1622
- A Grant of the Province of Maine to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and
John Mason, esq., 10th of August
- 1639
- Grant of the Province of Maine
- 1664
- Grant of the Province of Maine
- 1674
- Grant of the Province of Maine
Maryland
- 1632
- Charter of Maryland
- 1776
- Constitution of Maryland; November 11
- Amendments
to the Maryland Constitution of 1776
Massachusetts
- 1620
- The Charter of New England
- 1620
- Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth
- 1629
- Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William
Bradford and His Associates
- 1629
- The Charter of Massachusetts Bay
- 1635
- The Act of Surrender of the Great Charter of New England to
His Majesty
- 1640
- William Bradford, &c. Surrender of the Patent of Plymouth
Colony to the Freeman, March 2D
- 1688
- Commission of Sir Edmund Andros for the Dominion of New
England. April 7
- 1691
- The Charter of Massachusetts Bay. October 7
- 1725
- Explanatory Charter of Massachusetts Bay - August 26
New Hampshire
- 1629
- Grant of Hampshire to Capt. John Mason, 7th of Novemr.
- 1629
- Grant of Laconia to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Captain John
Mason by the Council for New England; November 17
- 1635
- Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to John Wollaston,
Esq.,
- 1635
- Grant of the Province of New Hampshire From Mr. Wollaston to
Mr. Mason, 11th June
- 1635
- Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to Mr. Mason, 22 April
, By the Name of Masonia
- 1635
- Grant of the Province of New Hampshire to Mr. Mason, 22 Apr.,
By the Name of New Hampshire
- 1639
- Agreement of the Settlers at Exeter in New Hampshire
- 1641
- The Combinations of the Inhabitants Upon the Piscataqua River
for Government
- 1680
- Commission of John Cutt
- 1776
- Constitution of New Hampshire
New Jersey
- 1664
- The Duke of York's Release to John Ford Berkeley, and Sir
George Carteret, 24th of June
- 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
- 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
- 1674
- His Royal Highness's Grant to the Lords Proprietors, Sir
George Carteret, 29th July
- 1676
- The Charter or Fundamental Laws, of West New Jersey, Agreed
Upon
- 1676
- Quintipartite Deed of Revision, Between E. and W Jersey: July
1st
- 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
- 1681
- Province of West New-Jersey, in America, The 25th of the Ninth
Month Called November
- 1682
- Duke of York's Confirmation to the 24 Proprietors: 14th of
March
- 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
- 1702
- Surrender from the Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, of
Their Pretended Right of Government to Her Majesty
- 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
- 1776
- Constitution of New Jersey
New York
- 1777
- The Constitution of New York : April 20
North Carolina
- 1663
- Charter of Carolina : March 24
- 1663
- A Declaration and Proposals of the Lord Proprietor of
Carolina, Aug. 25-Sept. 4
- 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
- 1775
- The Mecklenburgh Resolutions : May 20
- 1776
- Constitution of North Carolina : December 18
Pennsylvania
- 1681
- Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania : February 28
- 1681
- Concessions to the Province of Pennsylvania - July 11,
- 1682
- Penn's Charter of Libertie - April 25
- 1682
- Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - May 5
- 1683
- Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - February 2
- 1696
- Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
- 1701
- Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, esq. to the
Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories, October 28
- 1776
- Constitution of Pennsylvania - September 28
Rhode Island
- 1640
- Plantation Agreement at Providence August 27 - September 6
- 1641
- Government of Rhode Island-March 16-19
- 1643
- Patent for Providence Plantations - March 14
- 1663
- Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations - July 15
South Carolina
- 1776
- Constitution of South Carolina - March 26
- 1778
- Constitution of South Carolina - March 19
Vermont
- 1777
- Constitution of Vermont - July 8
- 1786
- Constitution of Vermont - July 4
- 1791
- Admission of the State of Vermont - February 18
Virginia
- 1606
- The First Charter of Virginia; April 10
- 1609
- The Second Charter of Virginia; May 23
- 1611
- The Third Charter of Virginia; March 12
- 1621
- Ordinances for Virginia; July 24-August 3
- 1776
- The Constitution of Virginia; June 29
|
CCD >
HIS 201 > Colonial
> Primary Sources