The U.S. government's National Archives and Records Administration maintains sites for key documents central to the founding and development of the United States:

The Declaration of Independence
www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html

The Constitution
www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution.html

Bill of Rights
www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/bill_of_rights.html

The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html

Primary Source Materials
www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/teaching_with_documents.html

Exhibit Hall
www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/index.html

The U.S. Department of State's International Information Program produces many documents on American life including the following history resources:

Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy
usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/demo.htm

Basic Documents and Writings
usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs.htm

Links to Collections of Historical Materials (a comprehensive list of largely academic and governmental sites)
usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/linkhist.htm

The University of Oklahoma College of Law has compiled the text of numerous key documents in American History at A Chronology of US Historical Documents.
www.law.ou.edu/hist/

The National Constitution Center, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established by Congress to increase understanding of the US Constitution and its relevance to daily lives of Americans, maintains a frequently updated site on the Constitution.    www.constitutioncenter.org/

The Library of Congress' American Memory collection offers public access to digital reproductions of a wide range of historical and cultural documents including Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention (1774-1789).
memory.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html

The American Heritage Education Foundation has posted its own curricular resources - America's Heritage: An Adventure in Liberty - and links to other resources on its web site.
www.americanheritage.org/

The private Claremont Institute has established an Internet site dedicated to the study of the Declaration of Independence called Founding.com: A User's Guide to the Declaration of Independence.
www.founding.com/

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History has an interactive site on the "Star-Spangled Banner."
americanhistory.si.edu/ssb/




 

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