1. Privileges and Prerogatives granted to Colombus (April 30, 1492) -- 2. Papal Bull Inter Caetera (May 4, 1493) -- 3. Treaty of Tordesillas (June 7, 1493) -- 4. Letters Patent to John Cabot (March 5, 1496) -- 5. Charter to Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh] (March 5, 1584) -- 6. First Charter of Virginia (April 10, 1606) -- 7. Second Charter of Virginia (May 23, 1609) -- 8. Third Charter of Virginia (March 12, 1612) -- 9. Ordinance for Virginia (July 24, 1621) -- 10.Leyden Agreement (1618) -- 11. Mayflower Compact (November 11, 1621) -- 12. First Charter of Massachusetts (March 4, 1629) -- 13. Cambridge Agreement (August 26, 1629) -- 14. Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions to Patroons (June 7, 1629) -- 15. Charter of Maryland (June 20, 1632) -- 16. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (January 14, 1639) -- 17. Plantation Agreement at Providence (August 27, 1640) -- 18. New England Confederation (May 19, 1643) -- 19. Massachusetts School Law of 1642 -- 20. Massachusetts School Law of 1647 -- 21. Cambridge Platform (1648) -- 22. Maryland Toleration Act (April 21, 1649) -- 23. Navigation Act of 1660 -- 24. Independency in Colonial Massachusetts [1. Declaration of Liberties (June 10, 1661) 2. Answer to Mr. Solicitor's Objections (October 2, 1678)] -- 25. Concessions to the Province of Pennsylvania (July 11, 1681) -- 26. Earliest Protest Against Slavery (February 18, 1688) -- 27. Navigation Act of 1696 -- 28. Penn's Plan of Union (1697) -- 29. Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges (October 28, 1701) -- 30. Molasses Act (May 17, 1733) -- 31. Albany Plan of Union (1754) -- 32. Otis' Speech Against Writs of Assistance (February 24, 1761) -- 33. Proclamation of 1763 (Otober 7, 1763) -- 34. Frontier Grievances from Pennsylvania (February 13, 1764) -- 35. Stamp Act (March 22, 1765) -- 36. Virginia Stamp Act Resolutions (May 30, 1765) -- 37. Instructions of Town of Braintree, Massachusetts (October 14, 1765) -- 38. Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress (October 19, 1765) -- 39. Northampton County Resolutions on Stamp Act (February 11, 1766) -- 40. Petition of London Merchants (January 17, 1766) -- 41. Declaratory Act (March 18, 1766) -- 42. Quartering Act (March 24, 1765) -- 43. Townshend Revenue Act (June 29, 1767) -- 44. Fundamental Law and the British Constitution [1. Massachusetts House to Earl of Shelburne (January 15, 1768) 2. Massachusetts House to Marquis of Rockingham (January 22, 1768) 3. Massachusetts House to Lord Camden (January 29, 1768)] -- 45. Massachusetts Circular Letter (February 11, 1768) -- 46. Boston Non-Importation Agreement (August 1, 1768) -- 47. Petition from Regulators of North Carolina (October 9, 1769) -- 48. New York Sons of Liberty Resolutions on Tea (November 29, 1773) -- 49. Intolerable Acts [1. Boston Port Act (March 31, 1774) 2. Massachusetts Government Act (May 20, 1774) 3. Administration of Justice Act (May 20, 1774) 4. Quebec Act (June 22, 1774)] -- 50. Pennsylvania Resolutions on Boston Port Act (June 20, 1774) -- 51. New York City Resolutions on Boston Port Act (July 6, 1774) -- 52. Resolutions of Albemarle County, Virginia (July 26, 1774) -- 53. Virginia Instructions to Continental Congress (August 1, 1774) -- 54. Virginia Non-Importation Agreement (August 1, 1774) -- 55. Galloway's Plan of Union (September 28, 1774) -- 56. Declaration and Resolves of First Continental Congress (October 14, 1774) -- 57. The Association (October 20, 1774) -- 58. Petition of London Merchants for Reconciliation (January 23, 1775) -- 59. Battle of Lexington [1. American Account of Battle of Lexington (April 26, 1775) 2. English Account of Battle of Lexington (April 22, 1775)] -- 60. Address of Continental Congress to Inhabitants of Canada (May 29, 1775) -- 61. Declaration of Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (July 6, 1775) -- 62. Proclamation of Rebellion (August 23, 1775) -- 63. Instructions from Malden, Massachusetts, for Independence (May 27, 1776) -- 64. Mecklenburg County Resolutions (May 20, 1775) -- 65. Resolution for Independence (June 7, 1776) -- 66. Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) -- 67. Virginia Bill of Rights (June 12, 1776) -- 68. Concord Town Meeting Demands a Constitutional Convention (October 21, 1776) -- 69. Treaty of Alliance with France (February 6, 1778) -- 70. Massachusetts Bill of Rights (1780) -- 71. Quock Walker Case (1783) -- 72. Articles of Confederation (March 1, 1781) -- 73. Commonwealth v. Caton et al. (1782) -- 74. Treaty of Peace with Great Britain (September 3, 1783) -- 75. Resolution of Congress on Public Lands (October 10, 1780) -- 76. Virginia's Cession of Western Lands (December 20, 1783) -- 77. Report of Government for Western Territory (April 23, 1784) -- 78. Land Ordinance of 1785 (May 20, 1785) -- 79. Memorial of Presbytery of Hanover County, Virginia (October 24, 1776) -- 80. Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty (January 16, 1786) -- 81. Shays's Rebellion (1786) -- 82. Northwest Ordinance (July 13, 1787) -- 83. Annapolis Convention (September 14, 1786) -- 84. Virginia Plan of Union (May 29, 1787) -- 85. Paterson Plan of Union (June 15, 1787) -- 86. Hamilton's Plan of Union (June 18, 1787) -- 87. Constitution of the United States (September 17, 1787) -- 88. Objections to Federal Constitution (1787) -- 89. Bayard & Wife v. Singleton (1797) -- 90. Washington's First Inaugural Address (April 30, 1789) -- 91. Judiciary Act of 1789 (September 24, 1789) -- 92. Virginia Resolutions on Assumption (December 16, 1790) -- 93. Hamilton's Opinion on Constitutionality of Bank (February 23, 1791) -- 94. Jefferson's Opinion on Constitutionality of Bank (February 15, 1791) -- 95. Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) -- 96. Proclamation of Neutrality (April 22, 1793) -- 97. Proclamation of Whiskey Rebellion (August 7, 1794) -- 98. Jay Treaty (November 19, 1794) -- 99. Pinckney Treaty (October 27, 1795) -- 100. Washington's Farewell Address (September 17, 1796) --

101. Alien and Sedition Acts [1. The Naturalization Act (June 18, 1798), 2. The Alien Act (June 25, 1798), 3. The Alien Enemies Act (July 6, 1798), 4. The Sedition Act (July 14, 1798)] -- 102. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 [1. Kentucky Resolutions (November 16, 1798), 2. Virginia Resolutions (December 24, 1798)] -- 103. Kentucky Resolutions of 1799 (February 22, 1799) -- 104. State Replies to Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions [1. Rhode Island to Virginia (February, 1799), 2. New Hampshire Resolution (June 15, 1799)] -- 105. Land Act of 1800 (May 10, 1800) -- 106. Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1801) -- 107. Jefferson on the Importance of New Orleans (April 18, 1802) -- 108. The Cession of Louisiana (April 30, 1803) -- 109. Marbury v. Madison (1803) -- 110. Jefferson's Message on Burr Conspiracy (January 22, 1807) -- 111. Act to Prohibit Importation of Slaves (March 2, 1807) -- 112. Commercial Warfare [1. Berlin Decree (November 21, 1806), 2. British Order in Council (January 7, 1807), 3. British Order in Council (November 11, 1807) 4. Milan Decree (December 17, 1807), 5. Embargo Act (December 22, 1807), 6. Non-Intercourse Act (March 1, 1809), 7. Macon's Bill no. 2 (May 1, 1810), 8. The Rambouillet Decree (March 23, 1810)] -- 113. Fletcher v. Peck (1810) -- 114. Madison's War Message (June 1, 1812) -- 115. Report and Resolutions of Hartford Convention (January 4, 1815) -- 116. Madison's Veto of Bonus Bill (March 3, 1817) -- 117. Rush-Bagot Agreement (April 28, 1818) -- 118. M'Culloch v. Maryland (1819) -- 119. Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) -- 120. Florida Treaty (February 22, 1819) -- 121. The Missouri Compromise [1. The Tallmadge Amendment (February 13, 1819), 2. The Taylor Amendment (January 26, 1820), 3. The Thomas Amendment (February 17, 1820), 4. Missouri Enabling Act (March 6, 1820), 5. Constitution of Missouri (July 19, 1820), 6. Resolution for Admission of Missouri (March 2, 1821)] -- 122. Land Law of 1820 (April 24, 1820) -- 123. Cohens v. Virginia (1821) -- 124. Chancellor Kent on Universal Suffrage (1821) -- 125. Monroe's Veto of Cumberland Road Bill (May 4, 1822) -- 126. English Background of Monroe Doctrine (August 20, 1823) -- 127. Monroe Doctrine (December 2, 1823) -- 128. Tennessee Protest against Caucus (1823) -- 129. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) -- 130. Nationalism of President J. Q. Adams (December 6, 1825) -- 131. Panama Congress (December 26, 1825) -- 132. Martin v. Mott (1827) -- 133. Massachusetts High School Law of 1827 -- 134. American Insurance Company v. Canter (1828) -- 135. South Carolina Protest against Tariff of 1828 (December 19, 1828) -- 136. Constitution of a Lyceum (1829) -- 137. Craig et al. v. Missouri (1830) -- 138. Jackson's Veto of Maysville Road Bill (May 27, 1830) -- 139. Marcy on the Spoils of Victory (1831) -- 140. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) -- 141. Worcester v. Georgia (1832) -- 142. Jackson's Message on Removal of Southern Indians (December 7, 1835) -- 143. South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification (November 24, 1832) -- 144. Jackson's Proclamation to People of South Carolina (December 10, 1832) -- 145. South Carolina's Reply to Jackson's Proclamation (December 20, 1832) -- 146. Nullification of Force Bill (March 18, 1833) -- 147. Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill (July 10, 1832) -- 148. Removal of the Public Deposits: Jackson's Paper to Cabinet (September 18, 1833) -- 149. The Liberator, Volume 1, No. 1 (January 1, 1831) -- 150. The American Anti-Slavery Society: Constitution (December 4, 1833) -- 151. South Carolina Resolutions on Abolitionist Propaganda (December 16, 1835) -- 152. Texas Declaration of Independence (March 2, 1836) -- 153. Specie Circular (July 11, 1836) -- 154. Jackson's Message on Specie Circular (December 5, 1836) -- 155. Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837) -- 156. The Caroline Affair (January 8, 1838) -- 157. Pre-Emption Act of 1841 (September 4, 1841) -- 158. Prigg v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1842) -- 159. People v. Fisher (1835) -- 160. Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) -- 161. Webster-Ashburton Treaty (August 9, 1842) -- 162. Constitution of Brook Farm Association (1841) -- 163. Dorothea Dix's Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts (January, 1843) -- 164. Clay's Raleigh Letter (April 17, 1844) -- 165. Annexation of Texas (March 1, 1845) -- 166. Texas and Oregon: Extract from Polk's Inaugural Address (March 4, 1845) -- 167. Polk's Reassertion of Monroe Doctrine (December 2, 1845) -- 168. Polk's Message on War with Mexico (May 11, 1846) -- 169. Oregon Treaty (June 15, 1846) -- 170. Independent Treasury Act (August 8, 1846) -- 171. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (February 2, 1848) -- 172. Seneca Falls Declaration and Resolutions (July 19, 1848) -- 173. Horace Mann on Education and National Welfare (1848) -- 174. Compromise of 1850 [1. Clay's Resolutions (January 29, 1850), 2. Texas and New Mexico Act (September 9, 1850), 3. Utah Act (September 9, 1850), 4. Fugitive Slave Act (September 18, 1850), 5. Act Abolishing Slave Trade in District of Columbia (September 20, 1850)] -- 175. Georgia Platform (1850) -- 176. Resolutions of Nashville Convention (June 10, 1850) -- 177. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty (April 19, 1850) -- 178. Trial of Mrs. Douglas for Teaching Colored Children to Read (1853) -- 179. Appeal of the Independent Democrats (January 19, 1854) -- 180. Kansas-Nebraska Act (May 30, 1854) -- 181. Ostend Manifesto (October 18, 1854) -- 182. Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act (May 21, 1855) -- 183. American Party Platform (1856) -- 184. Constitution of Committee of Vigilantes of San Francisco (May 15, 1856) -- 185. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) -- 186. Lincoln's House Divided Speech (June 17, 1858) -- 187. Lincoln-Douglas Debates [1. Second Joint Debate (Freeport, August 27, 1858), 2. Third Joint Debate (Jonesboro, September 15, 1858), 3. Seventh Joint Debate (Alton, October 15, 1858)] -- 188. Albeman v. Booth (1859) -- 189. John Brown's Last Speech (November 2, 1859) -- 190. Floyd County, Georgia, Resolutions on Secession (1860) -- 191. Platform of Constitutional Union Party (May, 1860) -- 192. Platform of Republican Party (May 16, 1860) -- 193. Platform of Democratic Party (June 18, 1860) -- 194. Platform of Democratic (Breckenridge Faction) Party (June, 1860) -- 195. President Buchanan on Secession (December 3, 1860) -- 196. Crittenden Peace Resolutions (December 18, 1860) -- 197. Mississippi Resolutions on Secession (November 30, 1860) -- 198. South Carolina Ordinance of Secession (December 20, 1860) -- 199. South Carolina Declaration of Causes (December 24, 1860) -- 200. Mayor Wood's Recommendation for Secession of New York City (January 6, 1861) --

201. Constitution of Confederate States of America (March 11, 1861) -- 202. Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861) -- 203. Davis's Message to Congress (April 29, 1861) -- 204. Seward's Plan to Avert Civil War (April 1, 1861) -- 205. Lincoln's Message to Congress (July 4, 1861) -- 206. Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions on Objects of War (July, 1861) -- 207. General Butler's "Contrabands" (July 30, 1861) -- 208. Fremont's Proclamation on Slaves (August 30, 1861) -- 209. Ex Parte Merryman (1861) -- 210. Secession of Kentucky (November 20, 1861) -- 211. Compensated Emancipation [1. Message to Congress (March 6, 1862), 2. Message to Congress (December 1, 1862)] -- 212. Sumner's Resolutions on Theory of Secession (February 11, 1862) -- 213. Davis's Inaugural Address (February 22, 1862) -- 214. Homestead Act (May 20, 1862) -- 215. Pacific Railway Act (July 1, 1862) -- 216. Morrill Act (July 2, 1862) -- 217. McClellan's Letter to President Lincoln (July 7, 1862) -- 218. General Pope's Address to Army of Virginia (July 14, 1862) -- 219. Lincoln and Greeley [1. "The Prayer of Twenty Millions" (August 19, 1862), 2. Lincoln's Letter to Greeley (August 22, 1862)] -- 220. Address to President Lincoln by Working-Men of Manchester (December 31, 1862) -- 221. Lincoln's Reply to Working-Men of Manchester (January 19, 1863) -- 222. Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) -- 223. Resolutions of Illinois Legislature on Emancipation (January 7, 1863) -- 224. Lincoln's Letter to General Hooker (January 26, 1863) -- 225. Resolutions against Foreign Mediation (March 3, 1863) -- 226. The French in Mexico [1. Mr. Seward to Mr. Adams (March 3, 1862), 2. House Resolution on French Intervention (April 4, 1864), 3. Mr. Seward to Mr. Motley (April 16, 1866)] -- 227. New Jersey Peace Resolutions [1. Resolutions of Legislature of New-Jersey (March 18, 1863), 2. Protest of New-Jersey Soldiers (March 10, 1863)] -- 228. Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863) -- 229. Reconstruction of Tennessee: Lincoln's Letter to Johnson (September 11, 1863) -- 230. Lincoln's Plan of Reconstruction (December 8, 1863) -- 231. National Bank Act (June 3, 1864) -- 232. Platform of National Union Party (June 7, 1864) -- 233. Contract Labor Law (July 4, 1864) -- 234. Wade-Davis Bill (July 8, 1864) -- 235. Lincoln's Proclamation on Wade-Davis Bill (July 8, 1864) -- 236. Wade-Davis Manifesto (August 5, 1864) -- 237. Hampton Roads Conference (February 3, 1865) -- 238. Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1865) -- 239. Lincoln's Terms of Peace: Admiral Porter's Report of City Point Conference (March 27, 1865) -- 240. Davis's Last Message to People of Confederacy (April 4, 1865) -- 241. Burning of Columbia, South Carolina; Report of General Sherman (April 4, 1865) -- 242. Lee's Farewell to his Army (April 10, 1865) -- 243. Surrender of General Johnston (April 18, 1865) -- 244. Lincoln's Last Public Address (April 11, 1865) -- 245. Freedmen's Bureau Bill (March 3, 1865) -- 246. Black Code of Mississippi (1865) [1. Civil Rights of Freedmen, 2. Apprentice Law, 3. Vagrant Law, 4. Penal Laws] -- 247. Black Code of Louisiana (1865) [1. Act to Regulate Labor Contracts, 2. Act Relative to Apprentices] -- 248. Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation (May 29, 1865) -- 249. Johnson's Proclamation for Provisional Government of South Carolina (June 30, 1865) -- 250. Grant's Observations on Conditions in the South (December 18, 1865) -- 251. Veto of Freedmen's Bureau Bill (February 19, 1866) -- 252. Civil Rights Act (April 9, 1866) -- 253. Veto of Civil Rights Act (March 27, 1866) -- 254. Report of Joint Committee on Reconstruction (June 20, 1866) -- 255. Johnson on Restoration of Southern States (December 3, 1866) -- 256. Ex Parte Milligan (1866) -- 257. South Carolina Immigration Bill (1866) -- 258. Ex Parte Garland (1867) -- 259. Mississippi v. Johnson (1867) -- 260. First Reconstruction Act (March 2, 1867) -- 261. Veto of First Reconstruction Act (March 2, 1867) -- 262. Tenure of Office Act (March 2, 1867) -- 263. Veto of Tenure of Office Act (March 2, 1867) -- 264. Command of the Army Act (March 2, 1867) -- 265. Second Reconstruction Act (March 23, 1867) -- 266. Veto of Second Reconstruction Act (March 23, 1867) -- 267. Third Reconstruction Act (July 19, 1867) -- 268. Purchase of Alaska (March 30, 1867) -- 269. Impeachment of President Johnson (1868) -- 270. Fourth Reconstruction Act (March 11, 1868) -- 271. Ku Klux Klan: Organization and Principles (1868) -- 272. Fourteenth Amendment (July 28, 1868) -- 273. Act to Enforce the Fourteenth Amendment (April 20, 1871) -- 274. Democratic Platform of 1868 (July 4, 1868) -- 275. Johnson's Recommendation for Revaluation of Public Debt (December 9, 1868) -- 276. Grant's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1869) -- 277. Veazie Bank v. Fenno (1869) -- 278. Texas v. White (1869) -- 279. Grant's Appeal for Annexation of Santo Domingo (May 31, 1870) -- 280. Legal Tender Cases (1871) -- 281. Treaty of Washington (May 8, 1871) -- 282. Collector v. Day (1871) -- 283. Liberal Republican Party Platform (May 1, 1872) -- 284. Slaughter-House Cases (1873) -- 285. "The Crime of '73" (February 12, 1873) -- 286. Citizen's Savings and Loan Association v. Topeka (1874) -- 287. The Granger Movement [1. Resolutions of Springfield, Illinois, Farmers' Convention (April 2, 1873), 2. Declaration of Purpose of National Grange (1874)] -- 288. Grant's Recommendation of Resumption of Specie Payments [1. Message of December 6, 1869, 2. Message of December 7, 1874] -- 289. Resumption of Specie Payments (January 14, 1875) -- 290. Minor v. Happersett (1875) -- 291. Civil Rights Act (March 1, 1875) -- 292. Civil Rights Cases (1883) -- 293. Ex Parte Yarbrough (1884) -- 294. Munn v. Illinois (1877) -- 295. Commonwealth v. Hamilton Manufacturing Company (1876) -- 296. President Grant's Apology (December 5, 1876) -- 297. Governor Chamberlain on Restoration of White Rule in South Carolina (June 11, 1877) -- 298. Preamble of Constitution of Knights of Labor (January 1, 1878) -- 299. Bland-Allison Act (February 28, 1878) -- 300. Hayes's Veto of Bland-Allison Act (February 28, 1878) --

301. Encyclical Letter, Quod Apostolici Muneris (December 28, 1878) -- 302. Powell's Report on the Arid Region of the West (1878) -- 303. The Problem of "Riders": Hayes's Veto of Army Appropriation Act (April 29, 1879) -- 304. President Arthur on the Indian Problem (December 6, 1881) -- 305. Pan-Americanism: Blaine's Invitation to Pan-American Congress (November 29, 1881) -- 306. Treaty Regulating Chinese Immigration (November 17, 1880) -- 307. Chinese Exclusion Act (May 6, 1882) -- 308. Pendleton Act (January 16, 1883) -- 309. Julliard v. Greenman (1884) -- 310. In Re Jacobs (1885) -- 311. Cleveland's Recommendation of Repeal of Bland-Allison Act (December 8, 1885) -- 312. Cleveland on Pension Legislation (June 21, 1886) -- 313. Single-Tax: Platform of Henry George (1886) -- 314. Wabash Case (1886) -- 315. Dawes Act (February 8, 1887) -- 316. Hatch Act (March 2, 1887) -- 317. Cleveland's Tariff Message (December 6, 1887) -- 318. Interstate Commerce Act (February 4, 1887) -- 319. Judicial Review of Railroad Rates [1. C. M. & St. Paul R. R. Co. v. Minnesota (1889), 2. Smyth v. Ames (1897) 3. Regan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1894)] -- 320. Sherman Anti-Trust Act (July 2, 1890) -- 321. Sherman Silver Purchase Act (July 14, 1890) -- 322. Cleveland's Silver Letter (February 10, 1891) -- 323. Tillmanism in South Carolina: The Shell Manifesto (January 23, 1890) -- 324. Ocala Demands (December, 1890) -- 325. Platform of the Populist Party (July 4, 1892) -- 326. U. S. v. Workingmen's Amalgamated Council (1893) -- 327. Cleveland's Message on Repeal of Sherman Act (August 8, 1893) -- 328. Repeal of the Sherman Act (November 1, 1893) -- 329. Fur-Sealing Controversy [1. Convention for Settlement of Dispute (February 29, 1892), 2. Articles of Award of Tribunal of Arbitration (August 15, 1893)] -- 330. President Harrison's Message on Annexation of Hawaii (February 13, 1893) -- 331. Cleveland's Withdrawal of Hawaii Annexation Treaty (December 18, 1893) -- 332. Coxey's Program (1894) [1. Non-Interest Bearing Bond Bill, 2. Good Roads Bill] -- 333. Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company (1894) -- 334. Altgeld-Cleveland Controversy (July, 1894) -- 335. U. S. v. Debs et al. (1894) -- 336. In Re Debs (1895) -- 337. Cleveland's Appeal for Gold Guarantee on Bonds (February 8, 1895) -- 338. Appeal of the Silver Democrats (March 5, 1895) -- 339. U. S. v. E. C. Knight Company (1895) -- 340. Cleveland's Message on Venezuela Boundary Controversy (December 17, 1895) -- 341. Republican Platform of 1896 (June 16, 1896) -- 342. Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech (July 8, 1896) -- 343. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) -- 344. Holden v. Hardy (1898) -- 345. The De Lome Letter (December, 1897) -- VOLUME II -- 346. McKinley's War Message (April 11, 1898) -- 347. Resolution for Recognition of Independence of Cuba (April 20, 1898) -- 348. Annexation of Hawaii (July 7, 1898) -- 349. Treaty of Peace with Spain (December 10, 1898) -- 350. Open Door in China [1. Hay's Circular Letter (September 6, 1899), 2. Hay's Letter of Instruction (March 20, 1900), 3. Hay's Circular Letter (July 3, 1900)] -- 351. Platform of American Anti-Imperialist League (October 18, 1899) -- 352. Downes v. Bidwell (1901) -- 353. Gold Standard Act of 1900 (March 14, 1900) -- 354. McKinley's Reciprocity Speech (September 5, 1901) -- 355. Hay-Pauncefote Treaty (November 18, 1901) -- 356. Roosevelt on the Trusts: Extract from First Annual Message to Congress (December 3, 1901) -- 357. W. C. T. U. Declaration of Principles (1902) -- 358. Drago Doctrine (December 29, 1902) -- 359. Lottery Case (Champion v. Ames) (1903) -- 360. Platt Amendment (May 22, 1903) -- 361. Convention with Panama for Construction of Canal (November 18, 1903) -- 362. Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine [1. Annual Message (December 6, 1904), 2. Annual Message (December 5, 1905)] -- 363. Northern Securities Company v. U. S. (1904) -- 364. Lochner v. New York (1905) -- 365. People v. Williams (1907) -- 366. Muller v. Oregon (1908) -- 367. Japanese Immigration: The Gentlemen's Agreement (1908) -- 368. Adair v. U. S. (1908) -- 369. Roosevelt's Message on Conservation (December 3, 1907) -- 370. Declaration of the Conservation Conference (May 15, 1908) -- 371. Social Creed of the Churches (May, 1908) -- 372. Root-Takahira Agreement (November 30, 1908) -- 373. Taft on the Injunction in Labor Disputes (March 4, 1909) -- 374. Taft's Defense of Payne-Aldrich Tariff (September 17, 1909) -- 375. The Rule of Reason [1. U. S. v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association (1897), 2. Report of Senator Nelson (1909), 3. Standard Oil Co. of N. J. et al. v. U. S. (1911), 4. Dissenting Opinion in Standard Oil Case (1911), 5. Extract from Special Message of President Taft (December 5, 1911)] -- 376. National Progressive Republican League: Declaration of Principles (January 21, 1911) -- 377. Taft's Message on Canadian Reciprocity (January 26, 1911) -- 378. Taft's Veto of Arizona Enabling Act (August 22, 1911) -- 379. Roosevelt's Candidacy in 1912: Appeal of the Seven Governors and Letter of Acceptance (February, 1912) -- 380. Roosevelt's New Nationalism Speech (February 21, 1912) -- 381. Recommendations of the Aldrich Commission (1912) -- 382. Platform of the Socialist Party (May 12, 1912) -- 383. Bryan's Resolutions, Democratic National Convention (June 27, 1912) -- 384. Platform of the Progressive Party (August 5, 1912) -- 385. Lodge Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine (August 2, 1912) -- 386. Dollar Diplomacy: Extract from Taft's Fourth Annual Message (December 3, 1912) -- 387. Taft's Veto of Literacy Test for Immigrants (February 14, 1913) -- 388. Concentration of Control of Money and Credit: Report of the Pujo Committee (1913) -- 389. Wilson's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1913) -- 390. Repudiation of "Dollar Diplomacy": Statement from President Wilson (March 19, 1913) -- 391. Tariff Revision under Wilson: Wilson's Address to Congress (April 8, 1913) -- 392. Wilson's Denunciation of the Tariff Lobby (May 26, 1913) -- 393. Wilson's Special Message on Mexican Relations (August 27, 1913) -- 394. Wilson's Mobile Address (October 27, 1913) -- 395. The Tampico Incident: Wilson's Message to Congress (April 20, 1914) -- 396. Mediation Protocol of the A.B.C. Conference (June 12, 1914) -- 397. Wilson's Panama Canal Tolls Message (March 5, 1914) -- 398. Bryan-Chamorro Convention (August 5, 1914) -- 399. The Shreveport Case (1914) -- 400. Wilson's Appeal for Neutrality (August 19, 1914) --

401. Treaty of Arbitration with China (September 15, 1914) -- 402. Federal Trade Commission Act (September 26, 1914) -- 403. Clayton Anti-Trust Act (October 15, 1914) -- 404. Wilson's Veto of Literacy Test for Immigrants (January 28, 1915) -- 405. First Lusitania Note (May 13, 1915) -- 406. Elihu Root on Invisible Government (August 30, 1915) -- 407. Concentration of Wealth: Final Report of Commission on Industrial Relations (1915) -- 408. Gore-McLemore Resolution and Wilson's Reply (February, March, 1916) -- 409. The Sussex Affair: Wilson's Address to Congress (April 19, 1916) -- 410. American Control of Haiti: Treaty of May 3, 1916 -- 411. Agricultural Legislation in the First Wilson Administration: Letter from Wilson to A. F. Lever (August 11, 1916) -- 412. Organic Act of the Philippine Islands (August 29, 1916) -- 413. Hammer v. Dagenhart et al. (1918) -- 414. Adamson Act (September 3, 5, 1916) -- 415. Wilson v. New (1917) -- 416. "Peace without Victory": Address of President Wilson (January 22, 1917) -- 417. Zimmermann Note (March 1, 1917) -- 418. Wilson's Speech for Declaration of War (April 2, 1917) -- 419. Lever Act (August 10, 1917) -- 420. Lansing-Ishii Agreement (November 2, 1917) -- 421. Bunting v. Oregon (1917) -- 422. Immigration Restriction: Laws of 1917 and 1921 -- 423. The Fourteen Points [1. Wilson's Address to Congress (January 8, 1918), 2. American Interpretation of Fourteen Points, 3. Allies Accept the Fourteen Points (November 5, 1918)] -- 424. Railway Administration Act (March 21, 1918) -- 425. Espionage Act (May 16, 1918) -- 426. Schenck v. U. S. (1919) -- 427. Abrams v. U. S.: Dissenting Opinion of Mr. Justice Holmes (1919) -- 428. Archangel Expedition: Aide-Memoire of July 17, 1918 -- 429. Wilson's Appeal to Voters (October 24, 1918) -- 430. Child Labor Act (February 24, 1919) -- 431. Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Company (1922) -- 432. Volstead Act (October 28, 1919) -- 433. National Prohibition Cases (1920) -- 434. Preamble of Industrial Workers of the World (1919) -- 435. Wilson's Exposition of the League of Nations to Senate Committee (August 19, 1919) -- 436. Defeat of the League of Nations (March 19, 1920) -- 437. Missouri v. Holland (1920) -- 438. Transportation Act of 1920 (February 28, 1920) -- 439. Railroad Commission of Wisconsin v. C. B. & Q. R. R. Co. (1922) -- 440. Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Company v. U. S. (1924) -- 441. Green v. Frazier (1920) -- 442. Treaty of Peace with Germany (August 25, 1921) -- 443. Sheppard-Towner Act (November 23, 1921) -- 444. Truax v. Corrigan (1921) -- 445. Duplex Printing Press Company v. Deering (1921) -- 446. Balzac v. Porto Rico (1922) -- 447. Naval Limitation Treaty (February 6, 1922) -- 448. Four-Power Treaty (December 13, 1921) -- 449. Nine-Power Treaty (February 6, 1922) -- 450. Wolff Packing Company v. Kansas Court of Industrial Relations (1923) -- 451. Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923) -- 452. Teapot Dome: Joint Resolution of Congress on Cancellation of Oil Leases (February 8, 1924) -- 453. Immigration Act of 1924 (May 26, 1924) -- 454. La Follette Platform of 1924 -- 455. Pierce v. Society of the Sisters (1925) -- 456. Gitlow v. People of New York (1925) -- 457. United States and the World Court [1. The Swanson Resolution (January 27, 1926), 2. Draft Protocol for Accession of the United States (March 19, 1929)] -- 458. Tyson v. Banton (1926) -- 459. Myers v. U. S. (1926) -- 460. American Intervention in Nicaragua: Coolidge's Message of January 10, 1927 -- 461. McNary-Haugen Bill (February 25, 1927) -- 462. Coolidge's Veto of McNary-Haugen Bill (February 25, 1927) -- 463. Buck v. Bell (1927) -- 464. Nixon v. Herndon (Texas White Primary Case) (1927) -- 465. Vanzetti's Last Statement in Court (April 9, 1927) -- 466. Treaties of Arbitration and Conciliation with Germany (May 5, 1928) -- 467. Kellogg Peace Pact (August 27, 1928) -- 468. Hoover's Rugged Individualism Speech (October 22, 1928) -- 469. Stimson Doctrine (February 6, 1931) -- 470. Hoover's Veto of Muscle Shoals Bill (March 3, 1931) -- 471. Mooney-Billings Case: Conclusions of the Sub-Committee (June, 1931) -- 472. New State Ice Company v. Liebmann (1932) -- 473. Constitution of American Federation of Labor (1932) -- 474. Norris-Laguardia Anti-Injunction Bill (March 20, 1932) -- 475. Democratic Platform of 1932 (June 30, 1932) -- 476. F. D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933) -- 477. Agricultural Adjustment Act (May 12, 1933) -- 478. U.S. v. Butler et al. (1936) -- 479. Tennessee Valley Act (May 18, 1933) -- 480. Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority (1936) -- 481. Abandonment of the Gold Standard (June 5, 1933) -- 482. Gold Clause Cases (1935) -- 483. Emergency Railroad Transportation Act (June 16, 1933) -- 484. National Recovery Act (June 16, 1933) -- 485. Cotton Textile Code (July 17, 1933) -- 486. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935) -- 487. U.S. v. One Book Called "Ulysses" (1933) -- 488. Recognition of Soviet Russia (November 16, 1933) -- 489. Philippine Independence Act (March 24, 1934) -- 490. Johnson Act (April 13, 1934) -- 491. Abrogation of the Platt Amendment (May 29, 1934) -- 492. Anti-War Treaty of Non-Aggression and Conciliation (June 15, 1934) -- 493. Taylor Act (June 28, 1934) -- 494. Home Building and Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934) -- 495. Nebbia v. New York (1934) -- 496. Roosevelt's Veto of the Soldiers' Bonus Bill (May 22, 1935) -- 497. Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad Co. (1935) -- 498. Humphrey's Executor v. U.S. (1935) -- 499. Grosjean v. American Press Co. (1935) -- 500. National Labor Relations Act (July 5, 1935) --

501. N.L.R.B. v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1937) -- 502. Associated Press v. N.L.R.B. (1937) -- 503. Social Security Acts (August 14, 1935) -- 504. Steward Machine Co. v. Davis (1937) -- 505. Helvering v. Davis (1937) -- 506. Canadian Reciprocal Trade Agreement (May 14, 1936) -- 507. Carter v. Carter Coal Co. (1936) -- 508. Republican Platform of 1936 (June 11, 1936) -- 509. Democratic Platform of 1936 (June 25, 1936) -- 510. U.S. v. Curtiss-Wright Corp. (1936) -- 511. De Jonge v. Oregon (1937) -- 512. West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937) -- 513. Herndon v. Lowry (1937) -- 514. Neutrality Act of 1937 (May 1, 1937) -- 515. Reform of the Federal Judiciary [1. Proposed Bill, 2. Address by the President (March 9, 1937), 3. Adverse Report from the Committee on the Judiciary (June 7, 1937), 4. Judiciary Reform Act of 1937 (August 24, 1937)] -- 516. Wagner Housing Act (September 1, 1937) -- 517. Economic Conditions of the South (July 25, 1938) -- 518. Connecticut Life Ins. Co. v. Johnson: Dissenting Opinion (1938) -- 519. Helvering v. Gerhardt (1938) -- 520. Graves v. New York ex. rel. O'Keefe (1939) -- 521. The Carolene Products Doctrine (1938) -- 522. "New Order" in the Far East (December 31, 1938) -- 523. "Hands Off the Western Hemisphere" (April 14, 1939) -- 524. F. D. Roosevelt's Appeals for Peace in Europe (April 14, 1939 and August 23, 1939) -- 525. Hatch Act (August 2, 1939) -- 526. Declaration of Panama (October 2, 1939) -- 527. Neutrality Act of 1939 (November 4, 1939) -- 528. Chambers v. Florida (1940) -- 529. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. (1940) -- 530. Roosevelt's Address at Charlottesville, Virginia (June 10, 1940) -- 531. Alien Registration Act (June 28, 1940) -- 532. The Gobitis Case (1940) -- 533. West Virginia State Board v. Barnette (1943) -- 534. The Act of Havana (July 29, 1940) -- 535. Hemispheric Defense (August 18, 1940) -- 536. Exchange of Destroyers for Air and Naval Bases (September 2, 1940) -- 537. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms" Speech (January 6, 1941) -- 538. The Lend Lease Act (March 11, 1941) -- 539. The Atlantic Charter (August 14, 1941) -- 540. Roosevelt's Message Asking for War Against Japan (December 8, 1941) -- 541. Declaration of War on Germany (December 11, 1941) -- 542. United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941) -- 543. Mitchell v. United States et al. (1941) -- 544. United States v. Classic (1941) -- 545. Edwards v. California (1941) -- 546. Japanese Relocation Order (February 19, 1942) -- 547. Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) -- 548. Roosevelt's Statement on North African Policy (November 17, 1942) -- 549. Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. (1942) -- 550. Casablanca Conference (February 12, 1943) -- 551. Moscow Conference (October, 1943) -- 552. Cairo Conference (November, 1943) -- 553. Connally-Fulbright Resolutions (November 5, 1943) -- 554. Teheran Conference (December 1, 1943) -- 555. An Economic Bill of Rights (January 11, 1944) -- 556. Smith v. Allwright (1944) -- 557. Yalta (Crimea) Conference (February, 1945) -- 558. The Act of Chapultepec (March 6, 1945) -- 559. New York State Anti-Discrimination Act (March 12, 1945) -- 560. Bridges v. Wixon (1945) -- 561. Roosevelt's Draft of Jefferson Day Address (April 13, 1945) -- 562. The Surrender of Germany (May 7, 1945) -- 563. Military Occupation of Japan (October 4, 1945) -- 564. Truman's Statement on Fundamentals of American Foreign Policy (October 27, 1945) -- 565. United States Participation Act (December 20, 1945) -- 566. Constitution of UNESCO (1945) -- 567. Associated Press v. United States (1946) -- 568. United States v. Lovett, Watson, and Dodd (1946) -- 569. Constitution of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1946) -- 570. Employment Act of 1946 (February 20, 1946) -- 571. The Control of Atomic Energy (November 15, 1946) -- 572. The Atomic Energy Commission (August 1, 1946) -- 573. The Fulbright Act (August 1, 1946) -- 574. Yamashita v. Styer (1946) -- 575. The Truman Doctrine (March 12, 1947) -- 576. American Aid to Greece and Turkey (May 22, 1947) -- 577. Truman Loyalty Order (March 22, 1947) -- 578. The Marshall Plan (June 5, 1947) -- 579. Everson v. Board of Education (1947) -- 580. Taft-Hartley Act (June 23, 1947) -- 581. National Security Act of 1947 (July 26, 1947) -- 582. The Vandenberg Resolution (May 19, 1948) -- 583. McCollum v. Board of Education (1948) -- 584. Selective Service Act of 1948 (June 24, 1948) -- 585. United States Note on Berlin Blockade and Airlift (July 6, 1948) -- 586. The North Atlantic Treaty (April 4, 1949) -- 587. Recognition of Israel (1948-49) -- 588. Truman's Point Four Program (June 24, 1949) -- 589. Truman Announces Hydrogen Bomb Program (January 31, 1950) -- 590. Truman's Statement on the Korean War (June 27, 1950) -- 591. McCarran Internal Security Act (September 23, 1950) -- 592. Truman's Veto of the McCarran Act (September 22, 1950) -- 593. Dennis v. U.S. (1951) -- 594. The Recall of General Douglas MacArthur (April 11, 1951) -- 595. European Recovery Program (December 30, 1951) -- 596. Mutual Security Act of 1951 (October 10, 1951) -- 597. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company v. Sawyer (1952) -- 598. Truman's Veto of the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act (June 25, 1952) -- 599. Eisenhower's Security Program - Executive Order 10450 (April 27, 1953) -- 600. Submerged Lands Act of 1953 (May 22, 1953) --

601. Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace Program (December 8, 1953)

602. The Bricker Amendment (January-February, 1954)

603. Secretary Dulles' Strategy of Massive Retaliation (January 12, 1954)

604. Atomic Energy Commission Decision in Oppenheimer Case (June 29, 1954)

605. American Intervention in Guatemala (June 30, 1954)

606. Communist Control Act of 1954 (August 24, 1954)

607. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (September 8, 1954)

608. Eisenhower's Letter to Ngo Dinh Diem (October 23, 1954)

609. Senate Censure of Senator McCarthy (December 2, 1954)

610. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)

611. Congressional Resolution on the Defense of Formosa (January 29, 1955)

612. Eisenhower's Open Skies Proposal (July 21, 1955)

613. United States v. Lattimore (1955)

614. Constitution of the AFL-CIO (1955)

615. Cole v. Young (1956)

616. Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956)

617. Southern Declaration on Integration (March 12, 1956)

618. Butler v. Michigan (1957)

619. Eisenhower Address on American Policy in the Middle East (February 20, 1957)

620. The Eisenhower Doctrine (March 9, 1957)

621. Eisenhower's Address on the Situation in Little Rock (September 24, 1957)

622. Yates v. U.S. (1957)

623. Eisenhower Announces Dispatch of U.S. Troops to Lebanon (July 15, 1958)

624. National Defense Education Act (September 2, 1958)

625. NAACP v. Alabama (1958)

626. First Unitarian Church v. Los Angeles County (1958)

627. Cooper v. Aaron (1958)

628. Eisenhower's Veto of Water Pollution Control Act (February 23, 1959)

629. Uphaus v. Wyman (1959)

630. Barenblatt v. U.S. (1959)

631. The U-2 Affair (1960) [1. Soviet Note on the U-2 Incident (May 10, 1960), 2. State Department Statement on the U-2 Incident (May 7, 1960), 3. Eisenhower's Statement on the U-2 Incident (May 25, 1960)]

632. Shelton v. Tucker (1960)

633. Eisenhower's Farewell Address (January 17, 1961)

634. John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961)

635. Kennedy's Message on Federal Aid to Education (February 20, 1961)

636. Kennedy's Message on the Peace Corps (March 1, 1961)

637. Kennedy's Proposal for the Alliance for Progress (March 13, 1961)

638. The Bay of Pigs: Ambassador Stevenson's Statements (1961)

639. The Berlin Crisis (1961) [1. Kennedy's Report (July 25, 1961), 2. Note of Western Commandants to Soviet Commandants (August 15, 1961)]

640. Kennedy's Letter to Ngo Dinh Diem (December 14, 1961)

641. Baker v. Carr (1962)

642. The Cuban Missile Crisis (October 27, 1962)

643. Kennedy's Speech at American University (June 10, 1963)

644. School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963)

645. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (September 24, 1963)

646. Reynolds v. Sims (1964)

647. Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)

648. Bell v. Maryland (1964)

649. Civil Rights Act of 1964 (July 2, 1964)

650. The Tonkin Gulf Incident (1964) [1. President Johnson's Message to Congress (August 5, 1964), 2. Joint Resolution of Congress (August 7, 1964)]

651. Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (August 20, 1964)

652. The Warren Report (September 24, 1964)

653. "Aggression from the North": State Department White Paper on Vietnam (February 27, 1965)

654. Johnson's Speech on Vietnam, Johns Hopkins University (April 7, 1965)

655. Johnson's Statement on American Intervention in the Dominican Republic (May 2, 1965)

656. Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

657. Social Security Amendments of 1965 (Medicare) (July 30, 1965)

658. United States v. Seeger (1965)

659. Voting Rights Act of 1965 (August 6, 1965)

660. South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)

661. Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

662. Johnson's Address on Answering Aggression in Vietnam (September 29, 1967)

663. Afroyim v. Rusk (1967)

664. Jones v. Alfred Mayer Co. 1967)

665. Johnson's Address on a New Step Toward Peace (March 31, 1968)

666. Civil Rights Act of 1968 (April 11, 1968)

667. Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (June 19, 1968)

668. Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (March 13, 1969)

669. Nixon's Statement on the Antiballistic Missile Defense System (March 14, 1969)

670. The National Commitments Resolution (June 25, 1969)

671. Prohibition on the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons on the Seabed (October 7, 1969)

672. Nixon's Address on Vietnamizing the War (November 3, 1969)

673. Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs (1969-70) [1. Statement by President Nixon (November 25, 1969), 2. Nixon's Message to the Senate on the Geneva Protocol (August 10, 1970)]

674. Massachusetts Act Limiting U.S. Authority over Draftees (April 2, 1970)

675. New York State Antiabortion Law (April 11, 1970)

676. Nixon's Statement on the Invasion of Cambodia (April 30, 1970)

677. Organized Crime Control Act (October 17, 1970)

678. Restricting Presidential Authority in Cambodia (January 5, 1971)

679. The SALT Negotiations: ABM Limitations Agreement (May 20, 1971)

680. Nixon Revives the Subversive Activities Control Board (July 2, 1971)

681. President Nixon and China (1971) [1. Nixon's Announcement (July 15, 1971), 2. U.S. Resolutions on China Issue (September 22, 1971)]

682. Gillette v. U.S. (1971)

683. Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)

684. New York Times Co. v. U.S. (1971)

685. Joint Chinese-United States Communique Issued at Shanghai (February 27, 1972)

686. President Nixon's Response to North Vietnam's Spring Offensive (May 8, 1972)

687. Johnson v. Louisiana (1972)

688. Strategic Arms Limitations Agreements (May 26, 1972)

689. Lloyd Corp., Ltd. v. Tanner et al. (1972)

690. United States v. U.S. District Court (1972)

691. United States v. Earl Caldwell (1972)

692. Furman v. Georgia (1972)

693. Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring the Peace (January 24, 1973)

694. Roe et al. v. Wade (1973)

695. Miller v. California (1973).

v. 1. To 1898

v. 2. Since 1898.