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Here are some of the key documents and speeches that all well-informed citizens of the World would want to be familiar with.

• Magna Carta 1215
• Columbus Letter Announcing His Discovery 1493
• The Mayflower Compact 1620
• Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges 1701
• Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Patrick Henry, 1775
• The Declaration of Independence 1776
• Articles of Confederation 1777
• Constitution of the United States ratified 1788
• Bill of Rights and the Later Amendments
• Petition from the Pa. Society for the Abolition of Slavery 1790
• To those who keep slaves, and approve the practice Richard Allen 1794
• Washington’s Farewell Address 1796
• The Star Spangled Banner 1814
• The Monroe Doctrine 1823
• Choctaw Chief George W. Harkins to the American People 1832
• Daniel Webster’s “Seventh of March” Speech
• Lincoln’s House Divided Speech 1858
• Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address 1861
• The Emancipation Proclamation 1863
• Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address 1865
• The Gettysburg Address 1863
• The Pledge of Allegiance 1892
• The American’s Creed 1918
• FDR’s Infamy Speech
• “Second Bill of Rights” The Economic Bill of Rights, 1944, FDR, excerpted from State of the Union address
• Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You John F. Kennedy, 1961

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