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Fundamentals
“A republic, if you can keep it.”
— Benjamin Franklin, 1787, as recorded by James McHenry
Happy 250, American.
The Constitution of the United States
The framework of the federal government, signed in 1787.
National Archives
The Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, ratified in 1791.
National Archives
The Declaration of Independence
The statement of independence adopted by the Continental Congress in 1776.
National Archives
The Federalist Papers
85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788 during the debate over ratification.
Yale Law School, Avalon Project
Notes of the Constitutional Convention
James Madison's record of the debates at the 1787 Convention in Philadelphia.
Yale Law School, Avalon Project