Constitution Reader Chapter I - Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship

James Otis, "Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved" (PDF) (DOC)

Daniel Dulany, "Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies" (PDF) (DOC)

Thomas Jefferson, "Summary View of the Rights of British America" (PDF) (DOC)

Thomas Paine, Common Sense (excerpt) (PDF) (DOC)

Declaration of Independence (PDF) (DOC)

Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Law, Query 94:2 (PDF) (DOC)

Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Henry Lee, May 8, 1825 (PDF) (DOC)

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