American Revolution and Founding Texts

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Jefferson Bible Contemporaneous Resource

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“Agrippa Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of... Artistic Response

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Jack Rakove, Lecture on the American Constitution,... Lecture

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Monticello Contemporaneous Resource

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'Johnny, what distinguished foreigner aided... Artistic Response

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Howard Zinn - Mutiny in the American Revolution,... Lecture

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A Slave Auction in Virginia from the Illustrated... Contemporaneous Resource

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An Incident of the Revolution, by Jacob Eichholtz,... Artistic Response

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Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze... Artistic Response

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Jefferson's Portable Lap Desk Contemporaneous Resource

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“Old 76 and Young 48” by Richard Caton Woodville,... Artistic Response

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Portrait of President James Madison by Gilbert... Artistic Response

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“Apotheosis of Washington” by John James Barralet,... Artistic Response

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First page of a working draft of the Constitution... Contemporaneous Resource

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“Area Man Passionate Defender of What He Imagines... Artistic Response

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“The Boston Tea Party” by Daniel N. Chodowiecki,... Artistic Response

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Members of Congress Read the U.S. Constitution,... Artistic Response

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Declarations and Constitutions from the American... Columbia Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Portrait of Thomas Paine by Marian Bridge-Maurice,... Contemporaneous Resource

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"Gather Your Armies" Ad Campaign, Rick... Artistic Response

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Thomas Jefferson, by John Trumbull, 1788. Contemporaneous Resource

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North America at the Close of the American... Contemporaneous Resource

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Revolutionary War Re-Enactment, 2006. Artistic Response

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The Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull,... Contemporaneous Resource

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Common Sense: Title-page by Thomas Paine, 18th cent... Contemporaneous Resource

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Jefferson Memorial by Rudolph Evans, 1943. Artistic Response

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Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon Contemporaneous Resource

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Portrait of John Locke by Jonathan Richardson, c.... Artistic Response

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The Second American Revolution”, 2006. Artistic Response

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