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    Principles of US Government: Primary Documents to Read 

    Below you will find links to digital exerpts or full text primary documents and supporting texts to read and to consider as you develop your lessons. For studnets, this is a great place to access a digital copy of the texts for assignments or projects. 

    Principles of US Government: Primary Documents to Consider: 
    Virgina Statue of Religious Freedom, 1786
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    Jean Jacques Rousseau's
    The Social Contract
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    Excerpts from The English Bill of Rights
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    John Locke's
    Two Treatises of Civil Government
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    Excerpts from
    The Constitution
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    The Declaration of Independence
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    Excerpts from the Federalist Papers
    (1,9,10,39,51,78)
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    Alexis De Tocqueville's
    Democracy in America
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    Letter from a Birmingham Jail
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
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    The Ballot or the Bullet Speech
    Malcom X
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