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AP GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS REVIEW:

FOUNDING DOCUMENTS

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

1776

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THOMAS JEFFERSON

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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

Approved 1777

Ratified 1781

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION

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THE CONSTITUTION

Written and Signed 1787

Ratified 1788

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BRUTUS NO. 1

Elbridge Gerry

Edmund Randolph

George Mason

THE DISSENTERS

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BRUTUS NO. 1

October 18, 1787

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THE FEDERALIST PAPERS

John Jay

James Madison

Alexander Hamilton

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JAMES MADISON

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Image: Madison’s essay in the New York Daily Advertiser, November 22, 1787

FEDERALIST NO. 10

November 22, 1787 Madison

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Image: An advertisement for The Federalist, 1787, using the pseudonym "Philo-Publius"

FEDERALIST NO. 51

1788, Madison

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FEDERALIST NO. 70

Image: Volume of the first collection of The Federalist (1788) gifted to Angelica Schuyler Church from her sister Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.

1788, Hamilton

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Image: Volume of the first collection of The Federalist (1788) gifted to Angelica Schuyler Church from her sister Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.

1788, Hamilton

FEDERALIST NO. 78

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THE BILL OF RIGHTS

Ratified 1791

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

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Image: Copy of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” held by Special Collection in Harwell G. Davis Library, Stamford University. Typed by Willie Pearl Mackey (King) this copy is believed to have been sent to the executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Convention before the letter was officially published.

LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL

1963

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LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL

1963

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